Urdaneta Municipality, Aragua

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Urdaneta


country= Venezuela
state= Aragua
shiretown= Barbacoas
area= 2,024 km² (1,258 sq mi)
population= 21,270
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 10.51/km² (16.90/sq mi)
mayor= Sotero González (COPEI)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0246
website= http://urdaneta-aragua.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= urdaneta-aragua.gob.ve

The Urdaneta Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 21,270. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/aragua/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Barbacoas is the shire town of the Urdaneta Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Aragua.zip]

Demographics

The Urdaneta Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 21,270 (up from 19,339 in 2000). This amounts to 1.3% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/aragua/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 16.90 people per square mile (10.51/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/aragua/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Urdaneta Municipality is Sotero González, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 32% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/4/alcaldedis=0&edo=4&mun=7&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Capital Urdaneta, Las Peñitas, San Francisco de Cara, and Taguay.

ee also

*Barbacoas
*Aragua
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://urdaneta-aragua.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ urdaneta-aragua.gob.ve] es icon