- Guanta Municipality
Venezuelan Municipality
name= Guanta
country=Venezuela
state=Anzoátegui
shiretown=Guanta
area= 67 km² (41.6 sq mi)
population= 31,629
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 472.07/km² (760.3/sq mi)
mayor= Luis Alfredo Cardozo Belizario (PROGUAN)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0281
website= http://guanta-anzoategui.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= guanta-anzoategui.gob.veThe Guanta Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern
Venezuela n state ofAnzoátegui and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 31,629. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] . The town ofGuanta is the shire town of the Guanta Municipality.http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Anzoategui.zip]History
Guanta dates from the completion of the railway to the
coal mines ofNaricual andCapiricual nearly 12 miles beyond Barcelona, and was created for the shipment of coal.Demographics
The Guanta Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 31,629 (up from 28,542 in 2000). This amounts to 2.1% of the state's population. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 760.3 people per square mile (472.07/km²). [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]
Government
The mayor of the Guanta Municipality is Luis Alfredo Cardozo Belizario, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 39% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/2/alcaldedis=0&edo=2&mun=15&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Guanta and Chorrerón (previous to June 27, 1995, the Guanta Municipality contained only a single).
ee also
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Guanta
*Anzoátegui
*Municipalities of Venezuela References
*1911
External links
* [http://guanta-anzoategui.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ guanta-anzoategui.gob.ve] es icon
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