Tinaco Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Tinaco


country= Venezuela
state= Cojedes
shiretown= Tinaco
area= 1,098 km² (682.3 sq mi)
population= 31,371
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 28.57/km² (46/sq mi)
mayor= Teodoro Venancio Bolívar Caballero (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0258
website= http://tinaco-cojedes.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= tinaco-cojedes.gob.ve

The Tinaco 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 31,371. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Tinaco is the shire town of the Tinaco Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Cojedes.zip]

Demographics

The Tinaco Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 31,371 (up from 27,203 in 2000). This amounts to 10.4% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 46 people per square mile (28.57/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Tinaco Municipality is Teodoro Venancio Bolívar Caballero, elected on October 31, 2004 with 65% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/8/alcaldedis=0&edo=8&mun=7&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Enrique Centeno shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into one parishes; General en Jefe José Laurencio Silva (the parish’s name was officially changed on December 30, 1994, it was formerly known as Tinaco Parish).For the 2008 mayor's elections there are three major candidates these are:

Enrique Centeno

Francisco Ojeda

Celida Veloz [http://www.celidaveloz.com]

ee also

*Tinaco
*Cojedes
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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