Bolívar Municipality (Táchira)

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Municipio Bolívar
Location of Bolívar within Táchira [[Image:{{{skyline_photo}}}\|250px\|{{{skyline_caption}}}]] {{{skyline_caption}}}
Country	Venezuela
State	Táchira
Shiretown	San Antonio del Táchira
Area	204 km² (126.8 sq mi)
Population (2007)	60,149
Density	294.85/km² (474.4/sq mi)
Mayor	Juan Vicente Cañas Alviarez (MVR)
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s)	0276
Website	bolivar-tachira.gob.ve

The 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]

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

[edit] Demographics

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 474.4 people per square mile (294.85/km²).^[4]

[edit] Government

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).^[7]