Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality | |
Native Name: | Municipio Juan Manuel Cajigal |
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 Juan Manuel Cajigal 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: | Antonio Goffin (PSUV) |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 13476 |
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 Juan Manuel Cajigal 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 122,634.[1] The town of Onoto is the shire town of the Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality.[2] The municipality is named for the Venezuelan mathematician Juan Manuel Cajigal y Odoardo.
The Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 13,747 (up from 13,020 in 2000). This amounts to 0.9% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality is Antonio Goffin, elected on 23 November 2008 with 48% of the vote.[5] He replaced Mardo Marcano shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Onoto and San Pablo.