Falcón Municipality, Cojedes

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Falcón


country= Venezuela
state= Cojedes
shiretown= Tinaquillo
area= 714 km² (443.7 sq mi)
population= 90,773
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 127.13/km² (204.6/sq mi)
mayor= José Gonzalo Mujica Herrera
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0258
website= http://falcon-cojedes.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= falcon-cojedes.gob.ve

The Falcón Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Cojedes and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 90,773. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Tinaquillo is the shire town of the Falcón Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Cojedes.zip]

Demographics

The Falcón Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 90,773 (up from 74,872 in 2000). This amounts to 30.2% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 204.6 people per square mile (127.13/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Falcón Municipality is José Gonzalo Mujica Herrera, elected on October 31, 2004 with 42% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/8/alcaldedis=0&edo=8&mun=2&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Dimas Ramos shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into one parish; Tinaquillo.

ee also

*Tinaquillo
*Cojedes
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://falcon-cojedes.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ falcon-cojedes.gob.ve] es icon