Sucre Municipality, Bolívar

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Sucre


country= Venezuela
state= Bolívar
shiretown= Maripa
area= 46,166 km² (28,686.2 sq mi)
population= 27,218
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 0.59/km² (0.9/sq mi)
mayor= Juan Carlos Figarella Díaz (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0285
website= http://sucre-bolivar.gov.ve/
website_name= sucre-bolivar.gov.ve

The Sucre Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 27,218. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Maripa is the shire town of the Sucre Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Bolivar.zip]

Demographics

The Sucre Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 27,218 (up from 20,108 in 2000). This amounts to 1.8% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 0.9 people per square mile (0.59/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Sucre Municipality is Juan Carlos Figarella Díaz, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 47% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/6/alcaldedis=0&edo=6&mun=6&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into four (five if you count the Capital Sucre section) parishes; Aripao, Guarataro, Las Majadas, and Moitaco.

ee also

*Maripa
*Bolívar
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://sucre-bolivar.gov.ve/ sucre-bolivar.gov.ve] es icon