San Joaquín Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= San Joaquín


country= Venezuela
state= Carabobo
shiretown= San Joaquín
area= 127 km² (78.91 sq mi)
population= 60,953
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 479.94/km² (772.4/sq mi)
mayor= César Emilio Hernández Meza (MAS)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0245
website= http://sanjoaquin-carabobo.gov.ve/
website_name= sanjoaquin-carabobo.gov.ve

The San Joaquín 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 60,953. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/Carabobo/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of San Joaquín is the shire town of the San Joaquín Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Carabobo.zip]

Demographics

The San Joaquín Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 60,953 (up from 48,946 in 2000). This amounts to 2.7% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/carabobo/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 772.4 people per square mile (479.94/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/carabobo/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the San Joaquín Municipality is César Emilio Hernández Meza, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 35% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/7/alcaldedis=0&edo=7&mun=8&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into one parish (San Joaquín).

ee also

*San Joaquín
*Carabobo
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://sanjoaquin-carabobo.gov.ve/ sanjoaquin-carabobo.gov.ve] es icon