Lima Blanco Municipality

Lima Blanco Municipality
Lima Blanco Municipality ; Municipio Lima Blanco
	Municipality
	Flag Seal
	Location in Cojedes
	Lima Blanco Municipality Location in Venezuela
	Coordinates: 9°49′34″N 68°26′20″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Cojedes
Government
• Mayor	José Orangel Sánchez Fernández (MVR)
Area
• Total	127 km2 (49 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	9,454
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s)	0258
Website	Official website

The Lima Blanco Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that make up the Venezuelan state of Cojedes and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 9,454.[1] The town of Macapo is the shire town of the Lima Blanco Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Lima Blanco Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, had a population of 9,161 (up from 7,965 in 2000). This amounted to 3.1% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 72.13 inhabitants per square kilometre (186.8/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Lima Blanco Municipality is José Orangel Sánchez Fernández, elected on October 31, 2004 with 36% of the vote.[5] He replaced Moraima Machado shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Macapo and La Aguadita (previous to December 30, 1994, the Lima Blanco Municipality contained only a single parish).[2]

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Cojedes.zip%5B%5D
http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5B%5D
http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls%5B%5D
http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/8/alcaldedis=0&edo=8&mun=8&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
"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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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[autogenerated1-2] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Cojedes.zip%5B%5D

[3] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5B%5D

[4] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls%5B%5D

[5] ttp://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/8/alcaldedis=0&edo=8&mun=8&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)