Ricaurte Municipality

Ricaurte Municipality
Ricaurte Municipality ; Municipio Ricaurte
	Municipality
	Flag
	Location in Cojedes
	Ricaurte Municipality Location in Venezuela
	Coordinates: 9°22′57″N 68°39′29″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Cojedes
Municipal seat	Libertad, Cojedes[*]
Government
• Mayor	Ramón A Peralta Ruíz (MVR)
Area
• Total	905 km2 (349 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	12,657
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s)	0258
Website	Official website

The Ricaurte Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes 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 12,657.[1] The town of Libertad is the municipal seat of the Ricaurte Municipality.[2] The municipality is named for Venezuelan independence hero Antonio Ricaurte.

Demographics

The Ricaurte Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 12,340 (up from 10,883 in 2000). This amounts to 4.1% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 13.64 inhabitants per square kilometre (35.3/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Ricaurte Municipality is Ramón A Peralta Ruíz, elected on October 31, 2004 with 54% of the vote.[5] He replaced Violeta Montoya shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Libertad de Cojedes and El Amparo.[2]

References

http://www.geohive.com/cntry/venezuela_ext.aspx
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=5&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.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/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=5&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)