| Padre Pedro Chien Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Municipio Padre Pedro Chien |
| 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 Padre Pedro Chien Municipality within Venezuela |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300px |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Venezuela |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Bolívar |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Franklin Gonzalez (MVR) |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 15488 |
| 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: | 0288 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
The Padre Pedro Chien Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 15,488.[1] The town of El Palmar is the shire town of the Padre Pedro Chien Municipality.[2]
The Padre Pedro Chien Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 14,749 (up from 12,810 in 2000). This amounts to 1% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Padre Pedro Chien Municipality is Franklin Gonzalez, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 76% of the vote.[5] [6] The municipality is divided into one parish (Capital Padre Pedro Chien).