Guanta Municipality
Guanta Municipality
Municipio Guanta | |
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| {{#property:P242}} Location in Anzoátegui | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela |
| State | Anzoátegui |
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yinder Saldivia Medina (PSUV) |
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| Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 30,891 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| Area code(s) | 0281 |
The Guanta Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 30,891.[1] The town of Guanta is the shire town of the Guanta Municipality.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]Guanta dates from the completion of the railway to the coal mines of Naricual and Capiricual nearly 19 kilometres (12 mi) beyond Barcelona, and was created for the shipment of coal.[3]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]The Guanta Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, had a population of 31,629 (up from 28,542 in 2000). This amounted to 2.1% of the state's population.[4] The municipality's population density is 472.07 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,222.7/sq mi).[5]
Government
[edit | edit source]The mayor of the Guanta Municipality is Jhonnathan Marín, elected on 23 November 2008 with 58% of the vote.[6] He replaced Luis Alfredo Cardozo Belizario shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into two parishes; Guanta and Chorrerón (previous to 27 June 1995, the Guanta Municipality contained only a single).[2]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- guanta-anzoategui.gob.ve (in Spanish)
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