Rojas Municipality

Rojas Municipality
Municipio Rojas
Rojas Municipality Municipio Rojas
Municipality
	Flag Seal
	Location in Barinas
	Rojas Municipality Location in Venezuela
	Coordinates: 8°28′57″N69°33′16″W / 8.4825608°N 69.5544447°W
Country	Venezuela
State	Barinas
Government
• Mayor	Orlando Leonel Gómez Mendoza (MVR)
Area
• Total	2,494.4 km2 (963.1 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	40,126
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0273
Website	Official website
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Last updated June 15, 2024

The Rojas 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 40,126.^[1] The town of Libertad is the shire town of the Rojas Municipality.^[2]

Demographics

The Rojas Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 40,264 (up from 34,132 in 2000). This amounts to 5.3% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 25.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (66/sq mi).^[4]

Government

The mayor of the Rojas Municipality is Orlando Leonel Gómez Mendoza, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 48% of the vote.^[5]^[6] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Libertad, Dolores, Palacios Fajardo, and Santa Rosa.^[2]

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References

↑ "Venezuela: administrative units, extended". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
1 2 http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Barinas.zip ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
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↑ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/5/alcaldedis=0&edo=5&mun=7&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html ^{[ bare URL ]}
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Venezuela: administrative units, extended". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2015-11-08.

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