Antonio Díaz Municipality

Antonio Díaz
Municipality
Municipio Antonio Díaz

Location in Delta Amacuro
Country  Venezuela
State Delta Amacuro
Shiretown Curiapo
Government
 • Mayor Amado Antonio Heredia Bolaño (Migente)
Area
 • Total 22,746 km2 (8,782 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Total 29,000
 • Density 1.3/km2 (3.3/sq mi)
Time zone VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s) 0287
Website Official website

The Antonio Díaz Municipality is one of the four municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 27,693.[1] The town of Curiapo is the shire town of the Antonio Díaz Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Antonio Díaz Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 27,693 (up from 21,664 in 2000). This amounts to 17.8% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 1.22 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.2/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Antonio Díaz Municipality is Amado Antonio Heredia Bolaño, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 71% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into six parishes; Curiapo, Almirante Luis Brión, Francisco Aniceto Lugo, Manuel Renaud, Padre Barral, and Santos de Abelgas (previous to February 25, 1995, the Antonio Díaz Municipality contained only a single parish).[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls Archived July 17, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Deltaamacuro.zip Archived July 17, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls Archived July 17, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls Archived July 17, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/23/alcaldedis=0&edo=23&mun=3&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
  6. ↑ http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf

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