Bolívar Municipality (Táchira)

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Bolívar


country= Venezuela
state= Táchira
shiretown= San Antonio del Táchira
area= 204 km² (126.8 sq mi)
population= 60,149
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 294.85/km² (474.4/sq mi)
mayor= Juan Vicente Cañas Alviarez (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0276
website= http://bolivar-tachira.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= bolivar-tachira.gob.ve

The Bolívar Municipality is one of the 29 municipalities that makes up the western Venezuelan state of Táchira and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 60,149. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] . The town of San Antonio del Táchira is the shiretown of the Bolívar Municipality.http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Tachira.zip]

Demographics

The Bolívar Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 60,149 (up from 50,209 in 2000). This amounts to 5.1% of the state's population. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 474.4 people per square mile (294.85/km²). [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Bolívar Municipality is Juan Vicente Cañas Alviarez, elected on October 31, 2004 with 48% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/18/alcaldedis=0&edo=18&mun=2&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Ramon Vivas shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Bolívar, Palotal, Juan Vicente Gómez, and Isaías Medina Angarita (parishes Juan Vicente Gómez and Isaías Medina Angarita were officially separated from the Bolívar parish on January 25, 1995).

ee also

*San Antonio del Táchira
*Táchira
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://bolivar-tachira.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ bolivar-tachira.gob.ve] es icon
* [http://www.tachira.gov.ve/paginaweb/tachira/municipios/bolivar/index.htm Information on the Bolívar Municipality] es icon
* [http://www.tachira.gov.ve/paginaweb/tachira/estadisticas/Estadisticas_Municipios/bolivar.pdf More information on the Bolívar Municipality] es icon