Pedraza Municipality | |
Native Name: | Municipio Pedraza |
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 Pedraza Municipality within Venezuela |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Venezuela |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Barinas |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Frenchy Tomas Díaz Rodríguez (MVR) |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 65390 |
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: | 0273 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
The Pedraza Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Barinas and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 65,390.[1] The town of Ciudad Bolivia is the shire town of the Pedraza Municipality.[2]
The Pedraza Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 62,847 (up from 52,411 in 2000). This amounts to 8.3% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Pedraza Municipality is Frenchy Tomas Díaz Rodríguez, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 69% of the vote.[5] [6] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Ciudad Bolivia, Ignacio Briceño, José Félix Ribas, Páez.