Lima Blanco Municipality Explained

Lima Blanco Municipality
Native Name:Municipio Lima Blanco
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 Lima Blanco 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:José Orangel Sánchez Fernández (MVR)
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:9454
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)
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The Lima Blanco Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that make 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 9,454.[1] The town of Macapo is the shire town of the Lima Blanco Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Lima Blanco Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, had a population of 9,161 (up from 7,965 in 2000). This amounted to 3.1% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]

Government

The mayor of the Lima Blanco Municipality is José Orangel Sánchez Fernández, elected on October 31, 2004, with 36% of the vote.[5] He replaced Moraima Machado shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Macapo and La Aguadita (previous to December 30, 1994, the Lima Blanco Municipality contained only a single parish).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GeoHive - Venezuela extended population statistics . 2016-06-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315201648/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/venezuela_ext.aspx . 2016-03-15 .
  2. http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Cojedes.zip
  3. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls
  4. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
  5. http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/8/alcaldedis=0&edo=8&mun=8&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 .