San Juan de Manapiare

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official_name = San Juan de Manapiare
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map_caption = Manapiare Municipality in Amazonas State
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = Municipality
subdivision_name = Venezuela
subdivision_name1 = Amazonas
subdivision_name2 = Manapiare
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1940
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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Pastor Nelson Rodrìguez (PUAMA)
area_total_km2 = 33100
population_as_of = 2001
population_footnotes =
population_total = 991
population_density_km2 = 0.0299
timezone = VST
utc_offset = -4:30
timezone_DST = not observed
utc_offset_DST = -4:30
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population_blank1_title = Demonym
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area_code = 0248
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website = [http://manapiare-amazonas.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ manapiare-amazonas.gob.ve]
footnotes = The area and population figures are for the municipality

San Juan de Manapiare is a town in the southern Venezuelan state of Amazonas. This town is the shire town of the Manapiare Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 991. [http://www.ine.gov.ve/censo/fichascenso/tiro.asp?cod_entidad=2 Primeros Resultados XIII Censo General de Población y Vivienda ] ]

History

San Juan de Manapiare was founded by the explorer Don Melicio Pérez in the year 1940. [http://www.amazonas.gob.ve/amazonas/municipios.html Municipios del Estado Amazonas ] ]

Demographics

The Manapiare Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 991 (down from 4,036 in 1990). This amounts to 1.4% of Amazonas's population. The municipality's population density is 0.1 people per square mile (0.0299/km²).

Government

San Juan de Manapiare is the shire town of the Manapiare Municipality in Amazonas. The mayor of the Manapiare Municipality is Pastor Nelson Rodrìguez, elected in 2004 with 60% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/22/alcaldedis=0&edo=22&mun=6&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Benjamin Perez shortly after the last municipal elections in October 2004. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf]

References

External links

* [http://manapiare-amazonas.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ manapiare-amazonas.gob.ve] es icon
* [http://www.amazonas.gob.ve/amazonas/municipios.html Information on the municipalities of Amazonas] es icon