Fernando de Peñalver Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Fernando de Peñalver


country= Venezuela
state= Anzoátegui
shiretown= Puerto Píritu
area= 643 km² (399.5 sq mi)
population= 29,977
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 46.62/km² (75/sq mi)
mayor= Francisco José González (AD)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0281
website= http://fernando-anzoategui.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= fernando-anzoategui.gob.ve

The Fernando de Peñalver 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 29,977. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Puerto Píritu is the shire town of the Fernando de Peñalver Municipality.http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Anzoategui.zip]

Demographics

The Fernando de Peñalver Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 29,977 (up from 26,059 in 2000). This amounts to 2% of the state's population. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 75 people per square mile (46.62/km²). [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Fernando de Peñalver Municipality is Francisco José González, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 42% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/2/alcaldedis=0&edo=2&mun=11&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Capital Fernando de Peñalver, San Miguel, and Sucre.

ee also

*Puerto Píritu
*Anzoátegui
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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