Guanta Municipality

The Guanta Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 30,891.[1] The town of Guanta is the shire town of the Guanta Municipality.[2]

Guanta Municipality
Municipio Guanta
Municipality
Flag of Guanta Municipality
Flag
Official seal of Guanta Municipality
Seal
Location in Anzoátegui
Location in Anzoátegui
Map showing the location of Guanta Municipality within Venezuela
Map showing the location of Guanta Municipality within Venezuela
Guanta Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°12′55″N 64°33′15″W
Country Venezuela
StateAnzoátegui
Municipal seatGuanta
Government
 • MayorNatali Bello (PSUV)
Area
 • Total173.2 km2 (66.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total30,891
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)0281
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History

Guanta dates from the completion of the railway to the coal mines of Naricual and Capiricual nearly 19 kilometres (12 mi) beyond Barcelona, and was created for the shipment of coal.[3]

Demographics

The Guanta Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, had a population of 31,629 (up from 28,542 in 2000). This amounted to 2.1% of the state's population.[4] The municipality's population density is 472.07 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,222.7/sq mi).[5]

Government

The mayor of the Guanta Municipality is Jhonnathan Marín, elected on 23 November 2008 with 58% of the vote.[6] He replaced Luis Alfredo Cardozo Belizario shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into two parishes; Guanta and Chorrerón (previous to 27 June 1995, the Guanta Municipality contained only a single).[2]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Anzoategui.zip
  3. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Guanta". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 651.
  4. http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls
  5. http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/anzoategui/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
  6. "Divulgación Elecciones Regionales - 23 de Noviembre de 2008".


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