Lima Blanco Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Lima Blanco


country= Venezuela
state= Cojedes
shiretown= Macapo
area= 127 km² (78.9 sq mi)
population= 9,161
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 72.13/km² (116.1/sq mi)
mayor= José Orangel Sánchez Fernández (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0258
website= http://limablanco-cojedes.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= limablanco-cojedes.gob.ve

The Lima Blanco 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 9,161. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Macapo is the shire town of the Lima Blanco Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Cojedes.zip]

Demographics

The Lima Blanco Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 9,161 (up from 7,965 in 2000). This amounts to 3.1% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 116.1 people per square mile (72.13/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Lima Blanco Municipality is José Orangel Sánchez Fernández, elected on October 31, 2004 with 36% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/8/alcaldedis=0&edo=8&mun=8&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Moraima Machado shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Macapo and La Aguadita (previous to December 30, 1994, the Lima Blanco Municipality contained only a single parish).

ee also

*Macapo
*Cojedes
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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