- Pedernales Municipality
Venezuelan Municipality
name= Pedernales
country=Venezuela
state=Delta Amacuro
shiretown= Pedernales
area= 3,537 km² (2,197.8 sq mi)
population= 6,535
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 1.85/km² (3/sq mi)
mayor= Selgio Buanerges Ramírez (PASR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0287
website= http://pedernales-deltaamacuro.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= pedernales-deltaamacuro.gob.veThe Pedernales Municipality is one of the four municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern
Venezuela n state ofDelta Amacuro and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 6,535. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Pedernales is the shire town of the Pedernales Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Deltaamacuro.zip]History
The Pedernales District became the Pedernales Municipality in 1994.
Demographics
The Pedernales Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 6,535 (up from 5,181 in 2000). This amounts to 4.2% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 3 people per square mile (1.85/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]
Government
The mayor of the Pedernales Municipality is Selgio Buanerges Ramírez, elected on October 31, 2004 with 40% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/23/alcaldedis=0&edo=23&mun=2&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Cristobal Jimenez shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Pedernales and Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa (previous to February 25, 1995, the Pedernales Municipality contained only a single parish).
ee also
*Pedernales
*Delta Amacuro
*Municipalities of Venezuela References
External links
* [http://pedernales-deltaamacuro.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ pedernales-deltaamacuro.gob.ve] es icon
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