Anzoátegui Municipality | |
Native Name: | Municipio Anzoátegui |
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 Anzoátegui Municipality within Venezuela |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Venezuela |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Cojedes |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Luis Linares (AD) |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 17030 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Established |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Timezone: | VET |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Area Code Type: | Area code(s) |
Area Code: | 0258 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
The Anzoátegui Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Cojedes and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 17,030.[1] The town of Cojedes is the shire town of the Anzoátegui Municipality.[2]
The Anzoátegui Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 16,333 (up from 14,354 in 2000). This amounts to 5.4% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Anzoátegui Municipality is Luis Linares, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 44% of the vote.[5] [6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Cojedes and Juan de Mata Suárez.