Antonio Díaz Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Antonio Díaz


country= Venezuela
state= Delta Amacuro
shiretown= Curiapo
area= 22,746 km² (14,133.7 sq mi)
population= 27,693
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 1.22/km² (2/sq mi)
mayor= Amado Antonio Heredia Bolaño (Migente)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0287
website= http://antoniodiaz-deltaamacuro.gov.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= antoniodiaz-deltaamacuro.gov.ve

The Antonio Díaz Municipality is one of the four municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 27,693. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Curiapo is the shire town of the Antonio Díaz Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Deltaamacuro.zip]

Demographics

The Antonio Díaz Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 27,693 (up from 21,664 in 2000). This amounts to 17.8% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 2 people per square mile (1.22/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Antonio Díaz Municipality is Amado Antonio Heredia Bolaño, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 71% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/23/alcaldedis=0&edo=23&mun=3&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into six parishes; Curiapo, Almirante Luis Brión, Francisco Aniceto Lugo, Manuel Renaud, Padre Barral, and Santos de Abelgas (previous to February 25, 1995, the Antonio Díaz Municipality contained only a single parish).

ee also

*Curiapo
*Delta Amacuro
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://antoniodiaz-deltaamacuro.gov.ve/portal-alcaldias/ antoniodiaz-deltaamacuro.gov.ve] es icon