Cacique Manaure Explained

Cacique Manaure
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Venezuela
Coordinates:10.9711°N -68.5444°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Ángel Henríquez
Leader Party:MUD
Parts Type:Parish
Parts:1
Established Date:June 28, 1989
Area Total Km2:190
Elevation M:44
Population Total:10874[1]
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:Manaurense
Timezone1:VET
Utc Offset:-4
Area Footnotes:[2]

Cacique Manaure Municipality is one of the 25 municipalities that make up the Falcón State of Venezuela.[3] Its seat of government is located in Yaracal. The municipality has an area of 190 square kilometers, and a population of 11,299 as of the year 2019. It has only one parish.

The municipality owes its name to Cacique Manaure, the chief of the Caquetio people who inhabited the area at the time of colonization of the Americas. He was later baptized in 1527.

Cacique Manaure Municipality was part of the Acosta District until 1993.

Geography

The municipality is located in the eastern part of Falcón, in a flat region formed by the depression of the Tocuyo River. It shares a border with San Francisco in the north, Acosta in the east, Monseñor Iturriza in the south, and Jacura in the west. It has an average elevation of 44 meters above the sea level.[4]

Politic and government

Mayors

PeriodMayorPolitical Party / AlliancePercent of votesNote
1989 - 1992Castor Oriol López DelmoralCOPEI64.50First mayor under direct elections
1992 - 1995Castor Oriol López DelmoralCOPEI65.86Reelected
1995 - 2000Ali HernandezCOPEIN/ASecond mayor under direct elections
2000 - 2004Ángel HenríquezAD30.56[5] Third mayor under direct elections
2004 - 2008Ángel HenríquezAD53.16[6] Reelected
2008 - 2013Dimaris de HenríquezAD39.77[7] Fourth mayor under direct elections
2013 - 2017Francisco BarlettaPSUV45.77[8] Fifth mayor under direct elections
2017 - 2021luis UlacioPSUV77.97[9] Sixth mayor under direct elections
2021 - 2025Ángel HenríquezMUD68.61[10] Seventh mayor under direct elections

City Council

Period of 1989 - 1992

Councilors:Political parties / Alliance
Dilme RodríguezCOPEI
Juan CaraballoCOPEI
Dorcas de MeléndezCOPEI
Antonio SalasAD
Nelly Cordero de HenriquezAD
Period of 1992 - 1995
Councilors:Political parties / Alliance
Juan CaraballoCOPEI
Nelly Cordero de HenriquezCOPEI
Argenis ArteagaCOPEI
Julio ChirinosAD
Rafael SánchezMAS
Period of 1995 - 2000
Councilors:Political parties / Alliance
Juan CaraballoCOPEI
Orson Alian UscateguiCOPEI
Argenis ArteagaCOPEI
Saul Alberto PereiraAD
Nelly MujicaCONVERGENCIA
Period of 2013 - 2018
CouncilorsPolitical parties / Alliance
César PeñaPSUV
José VargasPSUV
Carlos GarcíaPSUV
Gustavo LadinoPSUV
José MolinaMAS
Period of 2018 - 2021
CouncilorsPolitical parties / Alliance
Emily LópezPSUV
Gustavo LadinoPSUV
José VargasPSUV
Andres FoncecaPSUV
Yorki AguilarPSUV
Period of 2021 - 2025
CouncilorsPolitical parties / Alliance
Juan EscubinaMUD
Tatiana ReyesMUD
Nancy VelazquezMUD
Alonso RodríguezMUD
Norquis LadinoPSUV

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Resultados por entidad federal y municipios del Estado Falcón . . 10 . es . Results by federal entity and municipalities of Falcón State . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324043640/http://www.ine.gov.ve/documentos/Demografia/CensodePoblacionyVivienda/pdf/falcon.pdf . 2023-03-24.
  2. Book: Densidad poblacional según municipio de Falcón . . es . Population density according to the municipality of Falcón . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324044636/http://www.ine.gov.ve/documentos/see/sintesisestadistica2012/estados/falcon/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls . 2023-03-24.
  3. Book: División Político Territorial de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela . . 68 . es . Territorial Political Division of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324042920/http://www.ine.gov.ve/documentos/AspectosFisicos/DivisionpoliticoTerritorial/pdf/DPTconFinesEstadisticosOperativa2013.pdf . 2023-03-24.
  4. Web site: Municipio Cacique Manaure topographic map, elevation, terrain . 2023-03-24 . Topographic maps . en.
  5. Book: Elecciones 30 de Julio de 2000 Directorio de Alcaldes Electos . 5 . es . Elections July 30, 2000 Directory of Elected Mayors . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324051059/http://www.cne.gob.ve/web/documentos/estadisticas/e016.pdf . 2023-03-24.
  6. Web site: Alcalde de Municipio CACIQUE MANAURE . Mayor of Municipality CACIQUE MANAURE . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324051444/http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/ . 2023-03-24 . www.cne.gob.ve . es.
  7. Web site: Divulgación Elecciones Regionales 2008 . Disclosure Regional Elections 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324051855/http://www.cne.gob.ve/divulgacion_regionales_2008/index.php?e=09&m=21&p=00&c=00&t=00&ca=00&v=02 . 2023-03-24 . www.cne.gob.ve . es.
  8. Web site: DIVULGACIÓN MUNICIPALES 2013 . MUNICIPAL DISCLOSURE 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324052521/http://www.cne.gob.ve/resultado_municipal_2013/r/1/reg_092100.html . 2023-03-24 . www.cne.gob.ve . es.
  9. Web site: DIVULGACIÓN RESULTADOS ELECCIONES MUNICIPALES Y REGIONALES ZULIA 2017 . DISCLOSURE OF ZULIA MUNICIPAL AND REGIONAL ELECTIONS RESULTS 2017 . 2023-03-24 . www.cne.gob.ve . es.
  10. Web site: Consejo Nacional Electoral Regionales y Municipales 2021 . National Electoral Council Regional and Municipal 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324053213/https://www2.cne.gob.ve/rm2021 . 2023-03-24 . www2.cne.gob.ve . es.