Rojas Municipality

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Municipio Rojas
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Country	Venezuela
State	Barinas
Shiretown	Libertad
Area	1,591 km² (988.6 sq mi)
Population (2007)	40,264
Density	25.3/km² (40.7/sq mi)
Mayor	Orlando Leonel Gómez Mendoza (MVR)
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s)	0273
Website	rojas-barinas.gob.ve

The Rojas 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 40,264.^[1] The town of Libertad is the shire town of the Rojas Municipality.^[2]

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

[edit] Demographics

The Rojas Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 40,264 (up from 34,132 in 2000). This amounts to 5.3% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 40.7 people per square mile (25.3/km²).^[4]

[edit] Government

The mayor of the Rojas Municipality is Orlando Leonel Gómez Mendoza, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 48% of the vote.^[5]^[6] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Libertad, Dolores, Palacios Fajardo, and Santa Rosa.^[7]