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Barinas Municipality

Barinas Municipality

Municipality in Barinas, Venezuela


The Barinas Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities (municipios) that make up the Venezuelan state of Barinas.[1] The town of Barinas is the shire town of the Barinas Municipality.[2]

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Demographics

The Barinas Municipality, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 358,851.[3] The municipality's population density is 96.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (250/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Barinas Municipality is Julio César Reyes, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 90% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into 14 parishes; Barinas, Alfredo Arvelo Larriva, San Silvestre, Santa Inés, Santa Lucía, Torunos, El Carmen, Rómulo Betancourt, Corazón de Jesús, Ramón Ignacio Méndez, Alto Barinas, Manuel Palacio Fajardo, Juan Antonio Rodríguez Domínguez, and Dominga Ortiz de Páez.[2]

See also


References

  1. "Venezuela: administrative units, extended". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  2. "Alcalde de Municipio BARINAS". Archived from the original on 29 February 2012.
  3. "ELECCIONES 30 DE JULIO DE 2000 DIRECTORIO DE ALCALDES ELECTOS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.



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