Simón Bolívar Municipality, Miranda

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Simón Bolívar


country= Venezuela
state= Miranda
shiretown= San Francisco de Yare
area= 131 km² (81.4 sq mi)
population= 40,730
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 310.92/km² (500.4/sq mi)
mayor= Justo Hernández (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0239
website= http://simonbolivar-miranda.gob.ve/
website_name= simonbolivar-miranda.gob.ve

The Simón Bolívar Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 40,730. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of San Francisco de Yare is the shire town of the Simón Bolívar Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Miranda.zip]

Demographics

The Simón Bolívar Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 40,730 (up from 34,454 in 2000). This amounts to 1.4% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 500.4 people per square mile (310.92/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Simón Bolívar Municipality is Justo Hernández, elected on October 31, 2004 with 32% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/13/alcaldedis=0&edo=13&mun=15&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Armando Vargas shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two parishes; San Francisco de Yare and San Antonio de Yare.

ee also

*San Francisco de Yare
*Miranda
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://simonbolivar-miranda.gob.ve/ simonbolivar-miranda.gob.ve] es icon