Casacoima Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Casacoima


country= Venezuela
state= Delta Amacuro
shiretown= Sierra Imataca
area= 2,921 km² (1,815) sq mi)
population= 27,792
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 9.52/km² (15.3/sq mi)
mayor= Pedro Santaella (PASR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0286
website= http://casacoima-deltaamacuro.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= casacoima-deltaamacuro.gob.ve

The Casacoima 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 27,792. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Sierra Imataca is the shire town of the Casacoima Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Deltaamacuro.zip]

Demographics

The Casacoima Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 27,792 (up from 21,217 in 2000). This amounts to 17.9% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 15.3 people per square mile (9.52/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Casacoima Municipality is Pedro Santaella, elected on October 31, 2004 with 22% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/23/alcaldedis=0&edo=23&mun=4&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Jose Flores shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into five parishes; Imataca, Cinco de Julio, Juan Bautista Arismendi, Manuel Piar, and Rómulo Gallegos (previous to February 25, 1995, the Casacoima Municipality contained only a single parish).

ee also

*Sierra Imataca
*Delta Amacuro
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://casacoima-deltaamacuro.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ casacoima-deltaamacuro.gob.ve] es icon