Punceres Municipality, Monagas

Punceres Municipality Municipio Punceres
Municipality
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Location in Monagas
Punceres Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°57′58″N63°08′21″W / 9.9661°N 63.1392°W / 9.9661; -63.1392
Country	Venezuela
State	Monagas
Municipal seat	Quiriquire [*]
Government
•  Mayor	Angel López Ávila (PSUV)
Area
• Total	613.8 km2 (237.0 sq mi)
Population
• Total	905,443
• Density	1,475/km2 (3,821/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)

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

Geography

Punceres is located to the north of Monagas State. Presents a vegetation of dry tropical forest and another of humid tropical forest, has an annual average temperature of 26.4 °C and rainfall of 1,935 mm (annual average).^{[ citation needed ]}

Government

Mayors

• Jesus Mata. (2008—2013) PSUV.
• Magalys Villalba. (2013—2017) PSUV.