Sucre Municipality, Bolívar

Sucre Municipality

Municipio Sucre
Sucre Municipality Municipio Sucre
Municipality
	Location in Bolívar
	Sucre Municipality Location in Venezuela
	Coordinates: 5°58′04″N 64°19′50″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Bolívar
Municipal seat	Maripa
Government
• Mayor	Juan Carlos Figarella Díaz (MVR)
Area
• Total	49,006.3 km2 (18,921.4 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	20,359
• Density	0.42/km2 (1.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0285
Website	Official website

Sucre is one of the 11 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 20,359.[1] The town of Maripa is the shire town of the Sucre Municipality.[2]

Name

The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Sucre Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Antonio José de Sucre.

Demographics

The Sucre Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 27,218 (up from 20,108 in 2000). This amounts to 1.8% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 0.59 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.5/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Sucre Municipality is Juan Carlos Figarella Díaz, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 47% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into four (five if you count the Capital Sucre section) parishes; Aripao, Guarataro, Las Majadas, and Moitaco.[2]

References

http://www.geohive.com/cntry/venezuela_ext.aspx
http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Bolivar.zip
http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls
http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/6/alcaldedis=0&edo=6&mun=6&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] ttp://www.geohive.com/cntry/venezuela_ext.aspx

[autogenerated1-2] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Bolivar.zip

[3] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls

[4] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls

[5] ttp://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/6/alcaldedis=0&edo=6&mun=6&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)