Roscio Municipality

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Municipio Roscio
Location of Roscio within Bolívar [[Image:{{{skyline_photo}}}\|250px\|{{{skyline_caption}}}]] {{{skyline_caption}}}
Country	Venezuela
State	Bolívar
Shiretown	Guasipati
Area	6,182 km² (3,841.3 sq mi)
Population (2007)	23,957
Density	3.88/km² (6.2/sq mi)
Mayor	Manuel de Jesús González Marrero
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s)	0288
Website	roscio-bolivar.gob.ve

The Roscio Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 23,957.^[1] The town of Guasipati is the shire town of the Roscio Municipality.^[2]

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

[edit] Demographics

The Roscio Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 23,957 (up from 19,777 in 2000). This amounts to 1.6% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 6.2 people per square mile (3.88/km²).^[4]

[edit] Government

The mayor of the Roscio Municipality is Manuel de Jesús González Marrero, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 51% of the vote.^[5]^[6] The municipality is divided into one (two if you count the Capital Roscio section) parishes; Salom.^[7]