Jiménez Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Jiménez


country= Venezuela
state= Lara
shiretown= Quíbor
area= 768 km² (477.2 sq mi)
population= 97,524
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 126.98/km² (204.4/sq mi)
mayor= Luis Alberto Plaza Paz (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0253
website= http://jimenez-lara.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= jimenez-lara.gob.ve

The Jiménez 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 97,524. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Quíbor is the shire town of the Jiménez Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip]

Demographics

The Jiménez Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 97,524 (up from 83,456 in 2000). This amounts to 5.4% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 204.4 people per square mile (126.98/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Jiménez Municipality is Luis Alberto Plaza Paz, elected on October 31, 2004 with 73% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/11/alcaldedis=0&edo=11&mun=3&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Manuel Diaz shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into eight parishes; Juan Bautista Rodríguez, Cuara, Diego de Lozada, Paraíso de San José, San Miguel, Tintorero, José Bernardo Dorante, and Coronel.

ee also

*Quíbor
*Lara
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://jimenez-lara.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ jimenez-lara.gob.ve] es icon