Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, Barinas

Andrés Eloy Blanco
Municipality
Municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco

Location in Barinas
Country  Venezuela
State Barinas
Shiretown El Cantón
Government
  Mayor Zulay Martínez Fuentes (MVR)
Area
  Total 1,493 km2 (576 sq mi)
Population (2007)
  Total 18,816
  Density 13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zone VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s) 0278
Website Official website

The Andrés Eloy Blanco 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 18,816.[1] The town of El Cantón is the shire town of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality.[2] The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan poet Andrés Eloy Blanco.

Demographics

The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, according to a 2017 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 18,816 (up from 15,847 in 2000). This amounts to 2.5% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 12.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (33/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is Zulay Martínez Fuentes, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 69% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into three parishes; El Cantón, Santa Cruz de Guacas, and Puerto Vivas.[2]

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External links

In 2008 it established a sister-relationship with Dane County, Wisconsin -- http://www.dane-andres.org/