San Juan de Capistrano Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= San Juan de Capistrano


country= Venezuela
state= Anzoátegui
shiretown= Boca de Uchire
area= 123 km² (76.4 sq mi)
population= 8,975
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 72.97/km² (117.4/sq mi)
mayor= José Ángel Bellorín
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0281
website= http://juancapistrano-anzoategui.gob.ve/
website_name= juancapistrano-anzoategui.gob.ve

The San Juan de Capistrano Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 8,975. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Boca de Uchire is the shire town of the San Juan de Capistrano Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Anzoategui.zip]

Demographics

The San Juan de Capistrano Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 8,975 (up from 7,998 in 2000). This amounts to 0.6% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 117.4 people per square mile (72.97/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the San Juan de Capistrano Municipality is José Ángel Bellorín, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 28% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/2/alcaldedis=0&edo=2&mun=21&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Boca de Uchire and Boca de Chávez .

ee also

*Boca de Uchire
*Anzoátegui
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://juancapistrano-anzoategui.gob.ve/ juancapistrano-anzoategui.gob.ve] es icon