Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality

Francisco del Carmen Carvajal
Municipality
Municipio Francisco del Carmen Carvajal

Location in Anzoátegui
Country  Venezuela
State Anzoátegui
Shiretown Valle de Guanape
Government
 • Mayor Franklyn Guillen (PSUV)
Area
 • Total 125 km2 (48 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 • Total 12,936
 • Density 100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s) 0281

The Francisco del Carmen Carvajal 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 12,936.[1] The town of Valle de Guanape is the shire town of the Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 12,936 (up from 11,654 in 2000). This amounts to 0.8% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 103.49 inhabitants per square kilometre (268.0/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality is Franklyn Guillen, re-elected 23 November 2008 with 55% of the vote.[5] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Valle de Guanape and Santa Bárbara (previous to 27 June 1995, the Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality, or Carvajal Municipality as it was known back then, contained only a single parish).[2]

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