Sifontes Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Sifontes


country= Venezuela
state= Bolívar
shiretown= El Dorado
area= 24,393 km² (15,157.1 sq mi)
population= 40,042
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 1.64/km² (2.6/sq mi)
mayor= Marlene Vargas (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0288
website= http://sifontes-bolivar.gob.ve/
website_name= sifontes-bolivar.gob.ve

The Sifontes 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 40,042. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Tumeremo was the shire town of the Sifontes Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Bolivar.zip]

Demographics

The Sifontes Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 40,042 (up from 34,277 in 2000). This amounts to 2.6% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 2.6 people per square mile (1.64/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Sifontes Municipality is Marlene Vargas, elected on October 31, 2004 with 45% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/6/alcaldedis=0&edo=6&mun=7&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] She replaced Carlos Chancellor shortly after the elections. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two (three if you count the Capital Sifontes section) parishes; Dalla Costa and San Isidro.

ee also

*Tumeremo
*Bolívar
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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