Francisco de Miranda Municipality, Anzoátegui

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Francisco de Miranda


country= Venezuela
state= Anzoátegui
shiretown= Pariaguán
area= 5,334 km² (3,314.4 sq mi)
population= 42,357
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 7.94/km² (12.8/sq mi)
mayor= Lorenzo Emilio Rondon (MAS)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0283
website= http://franciscodemiranda-anzoategui.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= franciscodemiranda-anzoategui.gob.ve

The Francisco de Miranda Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 42,357. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Pariaguán is the shire town of the Francisco de Miranda Municipality.http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Anzoategui.zip]

Demographics

The Francisco de Miranda Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 42,357 (up from 36,970 in 2000). This amounts to 2.9% of the state's population. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 12.8 people per square mile (7.94/km²). [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Francisco de Miranda Municipality is Lorenzo Emilio Rondon, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 47% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/2/alcaldedis=0&edo=2&mun=9&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into five parishes; Capital Francisco de Miranda, Atapirire, Boca del Pao, El Pao, and Múcura (created June 27, 1995).

ee also

*Pariaguán
*Anzoátegui
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://franciscodemiranda-anzoategui.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ franciscodemiranda-anzoategui.gob.ve] es icon