Girardot Municipality, Cojedes

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Municipio Girardot
Location of Girardot within Cojedes [[Image:{{{skyline_photo}}}\|250px\|{{{skyline_caption}}}]] {{{skyline_caption}}}
Country	Venezuela
State	Cojedes
Shiretown	El Baúl
Area	3,468 km² (2,154.9 sq mi)
Population (2007)	11,579
Density	3.34/km² (5.4/sq mi)
Mayor	Gustavo Ramón Guillén Brizuela (AD)
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s)	0258
Website	girardot-cojedes.gob.ve

The Girardot Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Cojedes and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 11,579.^[1] The town of El Baúl is the shire town of the Girardot Municipality.^[2]

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

[edit] Demographics

The Girardot Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 11,579 (up from 10,387 in 2000). This amounts to 3.8% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 5.4 people per square mile (3.34/km²).^[4]

[edit] Government

The mayor of the Girardot Municipality is Gustavo Ramón Guillén Brizuela, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 30% of the vote.^[5]^[6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; El Baúl and Sucre.^[7]