Aragua Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Aragua


country= Venezuela
state= Anzoátegui
shiretown= Aragua de Barcelona
area= 2,624 km² (1,630.5 sq mi)
population= 32,558
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 12.41/km² (20/sq mi)
mayor= Juan de Dios Figueredo (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0282
website= http://aragua-anzoategui.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= aragua-anzoategui.gob.ve

The Aragua 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 32,558. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] . The town of Aragua de Barcelona is the shire town of the Aragua Municipality. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Anzoategui.zip]

Demographics

The Aragua Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 32,558 (up from 28,723 in 2000). This amounts to 2.2% of the state's population. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 20 people per square mile (12.41/km²). [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Aragua Municipality is Juan de Dios Figueredo, elected on October 31, 2004 with 54% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/2/alcaldedis=0&edo=2&mun=2&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Gilberto Cabrera shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Aragua and Cachipo. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Anzoategui.zip]

ee also

*Anzoátegui
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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