Iribarren Municipality Municipio Iribarren | |
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![]() Buildings of Barquisimeto | |
![]() Location in Lara | |
Coordinates: 10°08′07″N69°23′38″W / 10.1353°N 69.3939°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Lara |
Municipal seat | Barquisimeto |
Government | |
• Mayor | Yanys Aguero PSUV |
Area | |
• Total | 2,733.9 km2 (1,055.6 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 1,027,022 |
• Density | 380/km2 (970/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
Area code(s) | 0251 |
Website | Official website |
The Iribarren Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that make up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 1,027,022. [1] The City of Barquisimeto is the shire town of the Iribarren Municipality. [2]
The Iribarren Municipality, according to a 2011 population census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 996,230 (up from 915,634 in 2000). This amounts to 56% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density is 372.11 inhabitants per square kilometre (963.8/sq mi). [4]
The mayor of the Iribarren Municipality is Alfredo Ramos, elected on December 8, 2013. The municipality is divided into 10 parishes; Catedral, Concepción, El Cují, Juan de Villegas, Santa Rosa, Tamaca, Unión, Aguedo Felipe Alvarado, Buena Vista, and Juárez. [2]