Barinas Municipality

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Municipio Barinas
Location of Barinas within Barinas [[Image:{{{skyline_photo}}}\|250px\|{{{skyline_caption}}}]] {{{skyline_caption}}}
Country	Venezuela
State	Barinas
Shiretown	Barinas
Area	3,304 km² (2,053 sq mi)
Population (2007)	319,387
Density	96.7/km² (155.6/sq mi)
Mayor	Julio César Reyes (MVR)
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s)	0273
Website	barinas-barinas.gob.ve

The Barinas Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Barinas and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 319,387.^[1] The town of Barinas is the shire town of the Barinas Municipality.^[2]

1 Demographics
2 Government
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Demographics

The Barinas Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 319,387 (up from 270,779 in 2000). This amounts to 42.2% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 155.6 people per square mile (96.7/km²).^[4]

[edit] Government

The mayor of the Barinas Municipality is Julio César Reyes, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 90% of the vote.^[5]^[6] The municipality is divided into 14 parishes; Barinas, Alfredo Arvelo Larriva, San Silvestre, Santa Inés, Santa Lucía, Torunos, El Carmen, Rómulo Betancourt, Corazón de Jesús, Ramón Ignacio Méndez, Alto Barinas, Manuel Palacio Fajardo, Juan Antonio Rodríguez Domínguez, and Dominga Ortiz de Páez.^[7]