Raúl Leoni Municipality

Raúl Leoni Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Raúl Leoni


country= Venezuela
state= Bolívar
shiretown= Ciudad Piar
area= 56,916 km² (35,365.9 sq mi)
population= 47,167
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 0.83/km² (1.3/sq mi)
mayor= Gilberto Antonio Villarroel Carvajal (PPT)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0285
website= http://raulleoni-bolivar.gob.ve/
website_name= raulleoni-bolivar.gob.ve

The Raúl Leoni 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 47,167. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Ciudad Piar is the shire town of the Raúl Leoni Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Bolivar.zip]

Demographics

The Raúl Leoni Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 47,167 (up from 36,654 in 2000). This amounts to 3.1% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 1.3 people per square mile (0.83/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Raúl Leoni Municipality is Gilberto Antonio Villarroel Carvajal, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 52% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/6/alcaldedis=0&edo=6&mun=8&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into three (four if you count the Capital Raúl Leoni section) parishes; Barceloneta, San Francisco, and Santa Bárbara.

ee also

*Ciudad Piar
*Bolívar
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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


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