Libertador Municipality, Carabobo

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Libertador


country= Venezuela
state= Carabobo
shiretown= Tocuyito
area= 558 km² (346.72 sq mi)
population= 175,255
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 314.08/km² (505.5/sq mi)
mayor= Argenis Isaias Loreto Puerta (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0241
website= http://libertador-carabobo.gov.ve/
website_name= libertador-carabobo.gov.ve

The Libertador Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 175,255. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/Carabobo/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Tocuyito is the shire town of the Libertador Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Carabobo.zip]

Demographics

The Libertador Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 175,255 (up from 149,721 in 2000). This amounts to 7.9% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/carabobo/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 505.5 people per square mile (314.08/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/carabobo/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Libertador Municipality is Argenis Isaias Loreto Puerta, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 30% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/7/alcaldedis=0&edo=7&mun=14&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Tocuyito and Independencia.

ee also

*Tocuyito
*Carabobo
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://libertador-carabobo.gov.ve/ libertador-carabobo.gov.ve] es icon