Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual Municipality

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Municipio Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual
Location of Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual within Anzoátegui [[Image:{{{skyline_photo}}}\|250px\|{{{skyline_caption}}}]] {{{skyline_caption}}}
Country	Venezuela
State	Anzoátegui
Shiretown	Clarines
Area	1,566 km² (973 sq mi)
Population (2007)	32,532
Density	20.77/km² (33.4/sq mi)
Mayor	Leobardo Canache (MVR)
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s)	0281
Website	manuelbruzual-anzoategui.gob.ve

The Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 32,532.^[1] The town of Clarines is the shire town of the Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual Municipality.^[2]

1 History
2 Economy
3 Demographics
4 Government
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

When the Franciscan monks arrived in 1650, there was already a native community at Clarines. Clarines was officially founded on April 7, 1594 by Francisco de Vides, a Spanish adventurer who came from the Province of Huelva. The town did not change much until the oil boom of the 1960's. In 1852, the population of Clarines was 4,289, including 72 people identified as white and 3,321 people identified as indigenous. Alfredo Armas Alfonzo, Venezuelan historian and critic, was born in Clarines in 1921 and Jaime Lusinchi, former president of Venezuela, was born in Clarines in 1924.

[edit] Economy

The local population practices subsistence farming growing plantains, yuca, beans, china, cotton, cassava, and corn. Until the exploitation of oil, the only exports were cattle and mules. Nowadays, many small companies that service the oil fields that operate out of Clarines.

[edit] Demographics

The Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 32,532 (up from 29,228 in 2000). This amounts to 2.2% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 33.4 people per square mile (20.77/km²).^[4]

[edit] Government

The mayor of the Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual Municipality is Leobardo Canache, elected on October 31, 2004 with 37% of the vote.^[5] He replaced Jose Gregorio Garcia shortly after the elections.^[6] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Capital Clarines, Guanape, and Sabana de Uchire .^[7]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Memoria de la Direccion General de Estadistica al Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela en 1873 [the first national census of Venezuela].
Morse, Kimberly J. (2003) "When the Priest Does Not Sympathize with El Pueblo: Clergy And Society In El Oriente Venezolano, 1843-1873" The Americas - Volume 59, Number 4, April 2003, pp. 511-535.