Urdaneta Municipality, Lara

Urdaneta Municipality

Municipio Urdaneta
Urdaneta Municipality Municipio Urdaneta
Municipality
	Flag Seal
	Location in Lara
	Urdaneta Municipality Location in Venezuela
	Coordinates: 10°34′42″N 69°32′12″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Lara
Municipal seat	Siquisique[*]
Government
• Mayor	Luis Gonzaga Ladino (MVR)
Area
• Total	3,648.0 km2 (1,408.5 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	63,213
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0253
Website	Official website

Urdaneta is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that make up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 63,213.[1] The town of Siquisique is the municipal seat of the Urdaneta Municipality.[2] The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Urdaneta Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Rafael Urdaneta.

Demographics

The Urdaneta Municipality, according to a 2011 population census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 61,381 (up from 56,063 in 2000). This amounts to 3.5% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 14.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (38.5/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Urdaneta Municipality is Luis Gonzaga Ladino, elected on October 31, 2004, with 64% of the vote.[5] He replaced Willians Ereu shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Siquisique, Moroturo, San Miguel, and Xaguas.[2]

References

http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls
http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip
"Censos de población y vivienda".
http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/11/alcaldedis=0&edo=11&mun=7&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

urdaneta-lara.gob.ve (in Spanish)

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[1] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls

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

[3] "Censos de población y vivienda".

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

[5] ttp://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/11/alcaldedis=0&edo=11&mun=7&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)