Bolívar Municipality, Táchira

Bolívar Municipality is one of the 29 municipalities that makes up the western Venezuelan state of Táchira and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 60,149.[1] The town of San Antonio del Táchira is the shiretown of the Bolívar Municipality.[2]

Bolívar Municipality

Municipio Bolívar
Municipality
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Location in Táchira
Bolívar Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 7°49′N 72°27′W
Country Venezuela
StateTáchira
Municipal seatSan Antonio del Táchira
Government
 • MayorJuan Vicente Cañas Alviarez (MVR)
Area
 • Total198 km2 (76 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total60,149
 • Density300/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s)0276
WebsiteOfficial website

Name

The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Bolívar Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar.

Demographics

The Bolívar Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 60,149 (up from 50,209 in 2000). This amounts to 5.1% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 294.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (763.7/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Bolívar Municipality is Juan Vicente Cañas Alviarez, elected on October 31, 2004 with 48% of the vote.[5] He replaced Ramon Vivas shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Bolívar, Palotal, Juan Vicente Gómez, and Isaías Medina Angarita (parishes Juan Vicente Gómez and Isaías Medina Angarita were officially separated from the Bolívar parish on January 25, 1995).[2]

References
  1. http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls%5B%5D
  2. http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Tachira.zip%5B%5D
  3. http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5B%5D
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-03-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-10-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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