Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, Barinas

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Andrés Eloy Blanco


country= Venezuela
state= Barinas
shiretown= El Cantón
area= 1,493 km² (927.7 sq mi)
population= 18,816
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 12.6/km² (20.3/sq mi)
mayor= Zulay Martínez Fuentes (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0278
website= http://andreseloyblanco-barinas.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= andreseloyblanco-barinas.gob.ve

The Andrés Eloy Blanco 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 18,816. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of El Cantón is the shire town of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Barinas.zip]

Demographics

The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 18,816 (up from 15,847 in 2000). This amounts to 2.5% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 20.3 people per square mile (12.6/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is Zulay Martínez Fuentes, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 69% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/5/alcaldedis=0&edo=5&mun=12&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into three parishes; El Cantón, Santa Cruz de Guacas, and Puerto Vivas.

ee also

*El Cantón
*Barinas
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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