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Rojas Municipality

Rojas Municipality

Municipality in Barinas, Venezuela

The Rojas Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Barinas and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 40,126.[1] The town of Libertad is the shire town of the Rojas Municipality.[2]

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Demographics

The Rojas Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 40,264 (up from 34,132 in 2000). This amounts to 5.3% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 25.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (66/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Rojas Municipality is Orlando Leonel Gómez Mendoza, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 48% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Libertad, Dolores, Palacios Fajardo, and Santa Rosa.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    http://www.geohive.com/cntry/venezuela_ext.aspx [dead link]
  2. [2]
    http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Barinas.zip [permanent dead link]
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    http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls [permanent dead link]
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    http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls [permanent dead link]
  5. [5]
    http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/5/alcaldedis=0&edo=5&mun=7&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.doc [bare URL]
  6. [6]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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