Simón Rodríguez Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Simón Rodríguez


country= Venezuela
state= Anzoátegui
shiretown= El Tigre
area= 703 km² (436.8 sq mi)
population= 183,185
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 260.58/km² (419.4/sq mi)
mayor= Ernesto José Paraqueima Luiggi (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0283
website= http://simonrodriguez-anzoategui.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= simonrodriguez-anzoategui.gob.ve

The Simón Rodríguez 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 183,185. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of El Tigre is the shire town of the Simón Rodríguez Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Anzoategui.zip]

History

El Tigre was founded on February 3, 1933. The city started when oil companies found oil in El Tigre and established their offices in Campo Oficina.

Demographics

The Simón Rodríguez Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 183,185 (up from 155,178 in 2000). This amounts to 12.4% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 419.4 people per square mile (260.58/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Simón Rodríguez Municipality is Ernesto José Paraqueima Luiggi, elected on October 31, 2004 with 46% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/2/alcaldedis=0&edo=2&mun=12&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Angel Godoy Chavez shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Edmundo Barrios and Miguel Otero Silva.

ee also

*El Tigre
*Anzoátegui
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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