Pedraza Municipality

Pedraza Municipality Municipio Pedraza
Municipality
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Location in Barinas
Pedraza Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 8°03′28″N70°19′20″W / 8.0578°N 70.3222°W / 8.0578; -70.3222
Country	Venezuela
State	Barinas
Municipal seat	Ciudad Bolivia [*]
Government
•  Mayor	Jéssica Lalama Milan (PSUV)
Area
• Total	5,925.6 km2 (2,287.9 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	65,390
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0273

The Pedraza 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 65,390. ^[1] The town of Ciudad Bolivia is the shire town of the Pedraza Municipality. ^[2]

Demographics

The Pedraza Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 62,847 (up from 52,411 in 2000). This amounts to 8.3% of the state's population. ^[3] The municipality's population density is 9.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (24/sq mi). ^[4]

Government

The mayor of the Pedraza Municipality is Frenchy Tomas Díaz Rodríguez, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 69% of the vote. ^{[5] [6]} The municipality is divided into four parishes; Ciudad Bolivia, Ignacio Briceño, José Félix Ribas, Páez. ^[2]

See also

• Barinas
• Municipalities of Venezuela

References

1. "Venezuela: administrative units, extended". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
2. http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Barinas.zip ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "Alcalde de Municipio - Pedraza". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29.
6. "Elecciones 30 de julio de 2000 directorio de alcaldes electos" [Elections July 30, 2000 directory of elected mayors](PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.

External links

• pedraza-barinas.gob.ve (in Spanish)