Girardot Municipality, Cojedes

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Girardot


country= Venezuela
state= Cojedes
shiretown= El Baúl
area= 3,468 km² (2,154.9 sq mi)
population= 11,579
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 3.34/km² (5.4/sq mi)
mayor= Gustavo Ramón Guillén Brizuela (AD)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0258
website= http://girardot-cojedes.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= girardot-cojedes.gob.ve

The Girardot 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 11,579. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of El Baúl is the shire town of the Girardot Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Cojedes.zip]

Demographics

The Girardot Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 11,579 (up from 10,387 in 2000). This amounts to 3.8% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 5.4 people per square mile (3.34/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Girardot Municipality is Gustavo Ramón Guillén Brizuela, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 30% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/8/alcaldedis=0&edo=8&mun=3&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two parishes; El Baúl and Sucre.

ee also

*El Baúl
*Cojedes
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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