Pedro Zaraza Municipality | |
Native Name: | Municipio Pedro Zaraza |
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 Pedro Zaraza Municipality within Venezuela |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Venezuela |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Guárico |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | David Fares Páez (MVR) |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Total: | 60595 |
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: | 0238 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
The Pedro Zaraza Municipality is one of the 15 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the central Venezuelan state of Guárico and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 60,595.[1] The town of Zaraza is the shire town of the Pedro Zaraza Municipality.[2]
The Pedro Zaraza Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 60,595 (up from 55,957 in 2000). This amounts to 8.1% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Pedro Zaraza Municipality is Freddi Ali Gomez, elected on November 23, 2008 [5] [6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Zaraza and San José de Unare.