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Municipality in Táchira, Venezuela From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Coordinates: 7°46′26″N 72°25′29″W | |
Country | Venezuela |
State | Táchira |
Municipal seat | San Antonio del Táchira |
Government | |
• Mayor | Juan Vicente Cañas Alviarez (MVR) |
Area | |
• Total | 178.8 km2 (69.0 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 60,149 |
• Density | 340/km2 (870/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
Area code(s) | 0276 |
Website | Official website |
The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Bolívar Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar.
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]
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]
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