Sosa Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Sosa


country= Venezuela
state= Barinas
shiretown= Ciudad de Nutrias
area= 3,546 km² (2,203.4 sq mi)
population= 27,445
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 7.7/km² (12.4/sq mi)
mayor= Francisco Ramon Ramírez (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0273
website= http://sosa-barinas.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= sosa-barinas.gob.ve

The Sosa 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 27,445. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Ciudad de Nutrias is the shire town of the Sosa Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Barinas.zip]

Demographics

The Sosa Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 27,445 (up from 21,960 in 2000). This amounts to 3.6% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 12.4 people per square mile (7.7/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Sosa Municipality is Francisco Ramon Ramírez, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 41% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/5/alcaldedis=0&edo=5&mun=8&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Ciudad de Nutrias, El Regalo, Puerto de Nutrias, and Santa Catalina.

ee also

*Ciudad de Nutrias
*Barinas
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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