Santa Ana Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Santa Ana


country= Venezuela
state= Anzoátegui
shiretown= Santa Ana
area= 1,184 km² (735.7 sq mi)
population= 10,919
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 9.22/km² (14.8/sq mi)
mayor= Gerson Martínez (AD)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0282
website= http://santaana-anzoategui.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= santaana-anzoategui.gob.ve

The Santa Ana 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 10,919. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Santa Ana is the shire town of the Santa Ana Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Anzoategui.zip]

Demographics

The Santa Ana Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 10,919 (up from 9,675 in 2000). This amounts to 0.7% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 14.8 people per square mile (9.22/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Santa Ana Municipality is Gerson Martínez, elected on October 31, 2004 with 40% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/2/alcaldedis=0&edo=2&mun=19&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Maximiliano Suquet shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Santa Ana and Pueblo Nuevo.

ee also

*Santa Ana
*Anzoátegui
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://santaana-anzoategui.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ santaana-anzoategui.gob.ve] es icon