Guacara Municipality

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Municipio Guacara
Location of Guacara within Carabobo [[Image:{{{skyline_photo}}}\|250px\|{{{skyline_caption}}}]] {{{skyline_caption}}}
Country	Venezuela
State	Carabobo
Shiretown	Guacara
Area	165 km² (102.53 sq mi)
Population (2007)	171,123
Density	1,037.11/km² (1,669.1/sq mi)
Mayor	Jose Manuel Flores Salazar (MVR)
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s)	0243
Website	diegoibarra-carabobo.gob.ve

The Guacara Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 171,123.^[1] The town of Guacara is the shire town of the Guacara Municipality.^[2]

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

[edit] Demographics

The Guacara Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 171,123 (up from 145,132 in 2000). This amounts to 7.7% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 1,669.1 people per square mile (1,037.11/km²).^[4]

[edit] Government

The mayor of the Guacara Municipality is Jose Manuel Flores Salazar, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 36% of the vote.^[5]^[6] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Ciudad Alianza, Guacara, and Yagua.^[7]