Aguasay Municipality | |
Native Name: | Municipio Aguasay |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 100px |
Seal Size: | 100px |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Aguasay Municipality within Venezuela |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Venezuela |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Monagas |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | José Galindo (PSUV) |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 11771 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1987 |
Established Title1: | Established |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Timezone: | VET |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Area Code Type: | Area code(s) |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
Aguasay is one of the 13 municipalities of the state of Monagas, Venezuela.
In 1987, it is elevated to Municipality within the old Maturín District On September 27, 1994, it is separated from the Municipality of Maturín creating the Autonomous Municipality of Aguasay.
It is located to the west of the Monagas State, bordered to the north by the municipalities of Ezequiel Zamora and Santa Bárbara.
The landscape is predominantly flat table, while it presents a tropical dry forest vegetation with an annual average temperature of 25.4°C and an average annual precipitation of 1,055 mm.
The oil exploitation in the municipality is relevant.
The town is famous for its fabric that is made from a plant that is grown in that town called Curagua.
A sweet that has stood out in Aguasay is the Moriche Ice Cream.[1]