Ezequiel Zamora Municipality, Barinas

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Ezequiel Zamora


country= Venezuela
state= Barinas
shiretown= Santa Bárbara
area= 4,042 km² (2,511.6 sq mi)
population= 51,436
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 12.7/km² (20.4/sq mi)
mayor= Levid Emilio Méndez (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0278
website= http://ezequielzamora-barinas.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= ezequielzamora-barinas.gob.ve

The Ezequiel Zamora Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Barinas and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 51,436. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Santa Bárbara is the shire town of the Ezequiel Zamora Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Barinas.zip]

Demographics

The Ezequiel Zamora Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 51,436 (up from 43,367 in 2000). This amounts to 6.8% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 20.4 people per square mile (12.7/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Ezequiel Zamora Municipality is Levid Emilio Méndez, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 38% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/5/alcaldedis=0&edo=5&mun=4&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Santa Bárbara, José Ignacio del Pumar, Pedro Briceño Méndez, and Ramón Ignacio Méndez.

ee also

*Santa Bárbara
*Barinas
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://ezequielzamora-barinas.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ ezequielzamora-barinas.gob.ve] es icon