Piar Municipality, Bolívar

Piar Municipality, Bolívar

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Piar


country= Venezuela
state= Bolívar
shiretown= Upata
area= 15,900 km² (9,879.8 sq mi)
population= 107,643
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 6.77/km² (10.9/sq mi)
mayor= Francisco Contreras (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0288
website= http://piar-bolivar.gob.ve/
website_name= piar-bolivar.gob.ve

The Piar Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 107,643. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Upata is the shire town of the Piar Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Bolivar.zip]

History

The creation of this municipality took place between 1960 and 1990. The municipality was named after the important independence hero, Manuel Piar.

Demographics

The Piar Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 107,643 (up from 94,274 in 2000). This amounts to 7% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 10.9 people per square mile (6.77/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Piar Municipality is Francisco Contreras, elected on October 31, 2004 with 44% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/6/alcaldedis=0&edo=6&mun=4&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] He replaced Americo De Grazia shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two (three if you count the Capital Piar section) parishes; Andrés Eloy Blanco and Pedro Cova.

ee also

*Upata
*Bolívar
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://piar-bolivar.gob.ve/ piar-bolivar.gob.ve] es icon


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