Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, Lara

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Andrés Eloy Blanco


country= Venezuela
state= Lara
shiretown= Sanare
area= 708 km² (439.9 sq mi)
population= 49,812
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 70.36/km² (113.2/sq mi)
mayor= Alfredo Antonio Orozco (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0253
website= http://andreseloyblanco.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= andreseloyblanco.gob.ve

The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 49,812. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Sanare [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanare%2C_Venezuela] is the county seat of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip]

History

The town of Sanare was founded in 1620 by the friar Dominico Melchor Ponce de Leon by the orders of Governor Don Francisco de la Hoz Berrio. [this is a disputed statement]

Demographics

The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 49,812 (up from 43,194 in 2000). This amounts to 2.8% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 113.2 people per square mile (70.36/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is Alfredo Antonio Orozco, elected on October 31, 2004 with 64% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/11/alcaldedis=0&edo=11&mun=8&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Daniel Quiñonez shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Pío Tamayo, Quebrada Honda de Guache, and Yacambú.

ee also

*Sanare
*Lara
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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