Girardot Municipality | |
Native Name: | Municipio Girardot |
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 Girardot 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: | Gustavo Ramón Guillén Brizuela (AD) |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 11906 |
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 Girardot 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 11,906.[1] The town of El Baúl is the municipal seat of the Girardot Municipality.[2]
The Girardot Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 11,579 (up from 10,387 in 2000). This amounts to 3.8% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Girardot Municipality is Gustavo Ramón Guillén Brizuela, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 30% of the vote.[5] [6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; El Baúl and Sucre.