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) |
Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
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]
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]
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).