Libertador Municipality, Monagas

Libertador Municipality Municipio Libertador
Municipality
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Location in Monagas
Libertador Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°04′25″N62°35′21″W / 9.0736°N 62.5892°W / 9.0736; -62.5892
Country	Venezuela
State	Monagas
Government
•  Mayor	Carlos Requena (PSUV)
Area
• Total	3,238.4 km2 (1,250.4 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	53,917
• Density	16.649/km2 (43.121/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Website	Official website

Libertador is one of the 13 municipalities of the state of Monagas, Venezuela. The municipality's capital is Temblador.

Geography

Libertador Municipality is located to the southwest of Monagas State. Its vegetation is tropical dry forest, with average annual temperature of 27.1°C and average annual precipitation of 1,000 mm. Among the main watercourses are Caño Mánamo and the Morichal Largo River.^{[ citation needed ]}

Economy

The economy is based on agriculture and forestry (primarily pine plantations).^{[ citation needed ]}

Culture

The indigenous Warao people live in Libertador Municipality. They speak Warao, an agglutinative language isolate.

Cuisine

A typical dish of this region is Soup of Ocumo, prepared with banana, jojoto and leaf sprouts of ocumo (Xanthosoma).

Public holidays

On September 8, the region celebrates the day of the Virgin of the Valley, patron of the east of Venezuela.

Mayor

• Miguel Presilla (2017 - 2021) PCV.