Pedernales Municipality

The Pedernales Municipality is one of the four municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 6,535.[1] The town of Pedernales is the municipal seat of the Pedernales Municipality.[2]

Pedernales Municipality
Municipio Pedernales
Municipality
Flag of Pedernales Municipality
Flag
Official seal of Pedernales Municipality
Seal
Location in Delta Amacuro
Location in Delta Amacuro
Map showing the location of Pedernales Municipality within Venezuela
Map showing the location of Pedernales Municipality within Venezuela
Pedernales Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°43′09″N 62°07′33″W
Country Venezuela
StateDelta Amacuro
Municipal seatPedernales, Delta Amacuro
Government
 • MayorSelgio Buanerges Ramírez (PASR)
Area
 • Total3,442.6 km2 (1,329.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total6,535
 • Density1.9/km2 (4.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)0287

History

The Pedernales District became the Pedernales Municipality in 1994.

Demographics

The Pedernales Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 6,535 (up from 5,181 in 2000). This amounts to 4.2% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 1.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.8/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Pedernales Municipality is Selgio Buanerges Ramírez, elected on October 31, 2004, with 40% of the vote.[5] He replaced Cristobal Jimenez shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Pedernales and Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa (previous to February 25, 1995, the Pedernales Municipality contained only a single parish).[2]

References
  1. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls%5B%5D
  2. http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Deltaamacuro.zip%5B%5D
  3. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5B%5D
  4. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls%5B%5D
  5. "Mayor of Municipality PEDERNALES".
  6. "e016.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.


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