Cedeño Municipality, Bolívar

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Cedeño


country= Venezuela
state= Bolívar
shiretown= Caicara del Orinoco
area= 46,020 km² (28,595.4 sq mi)
population= 88,296
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 1.92/km² (3.1/sq mi)
mayor= Luis Guillermo Troconiz Marquez
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0284
website= http://cedeno-bolivar.gob.ve/
website_name= cedeno-bolivar.gob.ve

The Cedeño Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 88,296. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Caicara del Orinoco is the shire town of the Cedeño Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Bolivar.zip]

Demographics

The Cedeño Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 88,296 (up from 69,664 in 2000). This amounts to 5.8% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 3.1 people per square mile (1.92/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Cedeño Municipality is Luis Guillermo Troconiz Marquez, elected on October 31, 2004 with 25% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/6/alcaldedis=0&edo=6&mun=2&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Ismael Ortuño shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into five (six if you count the Capital Cedeño section) parishes; Altagracia, Ascensión Farreras, Guaniamo, La Urbana, and Pijiguaos.

ee also

*Caicara del Orinoco
*Bolívar
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://cedeno-bolivar.gob.ve/ cedeno-bolivar.gob.ve] es icon