Rojas Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Rojas


country= Venezuela
state= Barinas
shiretown= Libertad
area= 1,591 km² (988.6 sq mi)
population= 40,264
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 25.3/km² (40.7/sq mi)
mayor= Orlando Leonel Gómez Mendoza (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0273
website= http://rojas-barinas.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= rojas-barinas.gob.ve

The Rojas 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 40,264. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Libertad is the shire town of the Rojas Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Barinas.zip]

Demographics

The Rojas Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 40,264 (up from 34,132 in 2000). This amounts to 5.3% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 40.7 people per square mile (25.3/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Rojas Municipality is Orlando Leonel Gómez Mendoza, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 48% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/5/alcaldedis=0&edo=5&mun=7&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Libertad, Dolores, Palacios Fajardo, and Santa Rosa.

ee also

*Libertad
*Barinas
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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