Autana Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Autònomo Autana


country= Venezuela
state= Amazonas
shiretown= Isla Ratón
area= 15,750 km² (9,786.6 sq mi)
population= 8,181
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 0.5/km² (0.8/sq mi)
mayor= Bernabe Arana (PUAMA)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0248
website= http://autana-amazonas.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= autana-amazonas.gob.ve

The Autana Municipality is one of the seven municipalities (municipios) that makes up the southern Venezuelan state of Amazonas and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 8,181. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/amazonas/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] . The town of Isla Ratón is the shire town of the Autana Municipality.http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Amazonas.zip]

History

The shiretown of the Autana Municipality, Isla de Ratón, was founded by a group lead by Pedro Loroima in 1943.

Demographics

The Autana Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 8,181 (up from 6,524 in 2000). This amounts to 5.8% of the state's population. [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/amazonas/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 0.8 people per square mile (0.5/km²). [http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/amazonas/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Autana Municipality is Bernabe Arana, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 45% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/22/alcaldedis=0&edo=22&mun=5&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Samariapo, Sipapo, Munduapo, and Guayapo (previous to December 18, 1997, the Autana Municipality contained only a single parish).

ee also

*Amazonas
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://autana-amazonas.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ autana-amazonas.gob.ve] es icon