Casacoima Municipality Explained

Casacoima Municipality
Native Name:Municipio Casacoima
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 Casacoima Municipality within Venezuela
Pushpin Mapsize:300px
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Venezuela
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Delta Amacuro
Seat Type:Municipal seat
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Pedro Santaella (PASR)
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:37106
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:0286
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
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The Casacoima Municipality is one of the four municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro. according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 31,706.[1] The town of Sierra Imataca is the shire town of the Casacoima Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Casacoima Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 27,792 (up from 21,217 in 2000). This amounts to 17.9% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]

Government

The mayor of the Casacoima Municipality is Pedro Santaella, elected on October 31, 2004, with 22% of the vote.[5] He replaced Jose Flores shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into five parishes; Imataca, Cinco de Julio, Juan Bautista Arismendi, Manuel Piar, and RĂ³mulo Gallegos (previous to February 25, 1995, the Casacoima Municipality contained only a single parish).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-11-08 . 2016-03-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315201648/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/venezuela_ext.aspx . dead .
  2. http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Deltaamacuro.zip
  3. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls
  4. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
  5. http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/23/alcaldedis=0&edo=23&mun=4&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
  6. Web site: Archived copy . 2008-03-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061002063906/http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf . 2006-10-02 .