Municipio Pedro Zaraza

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Pedro Zaraza


country= Venezuela
state= Guárico
shiretown= Zaraza
area= 2,410 km² (1497.5 sq mi)
population= 60,595
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 25.1/km² (40.5/sq mi)
mayor= David Fares Páez (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0238
website= http://pedrozaraza-guarico.gov.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= pedrozaraza-guarico.gov.ve

The Pedro Zaraza Municipality is one of the 15 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the central Venezuelan state of Guárico and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 60,595. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/guarico/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] . The town of Zaraza is the shire town of the Pedro Zaraza Municipality.http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Guarico.zip]

Demographics

The Pedro Zaraza Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 60,595 (up from 55,957 in 2000). This amounts to 8.1% of the state's population. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/guarico/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 40.5 people per square mile (25.1/km²). [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/guarico/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Pedro Zaraza Municipality is David Fares Páez, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 55% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/10/alcaldedis=0&edo=10&mun=7&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 Zaraza and San José de Unare.

ee also

*Zaraza
*Guárico
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://pedrozaraza-guarico.gov.ve/portal-alcaldias/ pedrozaraza-guarico.gov.ve] es icon