Libertador Municipality, Aragua

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Libertador


country= Venezuela
state= Aragua
shiretown= Palo Negro
area= 52 km² (32.3 sq mi)
population= 87,520
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 1,683.08/km² (2,708.7/sq mi)
mayor= Gonzalo Díaz (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0243
website= http://libertador-aragua.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= libertador-aragua.gob.ve

The Libertador 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 87,520. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/aragua/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Palo Negro is the shire town of the Libertador Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Aragua.zip]

Demographics

The Libertador Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 87,520 (up from 78,427 in 2000). This amounts to 5.3% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/aragua/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 2,708.7 people per square mile (1,683.08/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/aragua/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Libertador Municipality is Gonzalo Díaz, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 47% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/4/alcaldedis=0&edo=4&mun=9&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Libertador and San Martín de Porres (created on January 30, 1995).

ee also

*Palo Negro
*Aragua
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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