| Guanta Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Municipio Guanta |
| 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 Guanta Municipality within Venezuela |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300px |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Venezuela |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Anzoátegui |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Natali Bello |
| Leader Party: | PSUV |
| Population As Of: | 2011 census |
| Population Total: | 30891 |
| 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: | 0281 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
The Guanta Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 30,891.[1] The town of Guanta is the shire town of the Guanta Municipality.[2]
Guanta dates from the completion of the railway to the coal mines of Naricual and Capiricual nearly 19km (12miles) beyond Barcelona, and was created for the shipment of coal.
The Guanta Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, had a population of 31,629 (up from 28,542 in 2000). This amounted to 2.1% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Guanta Municipality is Jhonnathan Marín, elected on 23 November 2008 with 58% of the vote.[5] He replaced Luis Alfredo Cardozo Belizario shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into two parishes; Guanta and Chorrerón (previous to 27 June 1995, the Guanta Municipality contained only a single).