Pedernales Municipality

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Pedernales Municipality
Municipio Pedernales
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Pedernales Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°58′17″N62°15′05″W / 9.97152°N 62.25151°W / 9.97152; -62.25151 Coordinates: 9°58′17″N62°15′05″W / 9.97152°N 62.25151°W / 9.97152; -62.25151
CountryFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
State Delta Amacuro
Municipal seat Pedernales, Delta Amacuro
Government
 •  Mayor Selgio Buanerges Ramírez (PASR)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total6,535
Time zone UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s) 0287
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The Pedernales Municipality is one of the four municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 6,535. [1] The town of Pedernales is the municipal seat of the Pedernales Municipality. [2]

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History

The Pedernales District became the Pedernales Municipality in 1994.

Demographics

The Pedernales Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 6,535 (up from 5,181 in 2000). This amounts to 4.2% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density is 1.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.8/sq mi). [4]

Government

The mayor of the Pedernales Municipality is Selgio Buanerges Ramírez, elected on October 31, 2004, with 40% of the vote. [5] He replaced Cristobal Jimenez shortly after the elections. [6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Pedernales and Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa (previous to February 25, 1995, the Pedernales Municipality contained only a single parish). [2]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls%5B%5D
  2. 1 2 http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Deltaamacuro.zip%5B%5D
  3. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5B%5D
  4. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls%5B%5D
  5. ↑ "Mayor of Municipality PEDERNALES".
  6. ↑ "e016.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.


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