Guacara Municipality

Guacara Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Guacara


country= Venezuela
state= Carabobo
shiretown= Guacara
area= 165 km² (102.53 sq mi)
population= 171,123
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 1,037.11/km² (1,669.1/sq mi)
mayor= Jose Manuel Flores Salazar (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0243
website= http://diegoibarra-carabobo.gob.ve/
website_name= diegoibarra-carabobo.gob.ve

The Guacara Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 171,123. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/Carabobo/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Guacara is the shire town of the Guacara Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Carabobo.zip]

Demographics

The Guacara Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 171,123 (up from 145,132 in 2000). This amounts to 7.7% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/carabobo/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 1,669.1 people per square mile (1,037.11/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/carabobo/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Guacara Municipality is Jose Manuel Flores Salazar, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 36% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/7/alcaldedis=0&edo=7&mun=4&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Ciudad Alianza, Guacara, and Yagua.

ee also

*Guacara
*Carabobo
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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