Rómulo Gallegos Municipality, Cojedes Explained

Rómulo Gallegos Municipality
Native Name:Municipio Rómulo Gallegos
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 Rómulo Gallegos 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:Jesus Francisco Oviedo Guerra (MVR)
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:18297
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 Rómulo Gallegos Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes 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 18,297.[1] The town of Las Vegas is the municipal seat of the Rómulo Gallegos Municipality.[2] The municipality is one of a number in Venezuela named "Rómulo Gallegos Municipality", in honour of the writer Rómulo Gallegos.

Demographics

The Rómulo Gallegos Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 15,141 (up from 12,815 in 2000). This amounts to 5% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]

Government

The mayor of the Rómulo Gallegos Municipality is Jesus Francisco Oviedo Guerra, elected on October 31, 2004, with 51% of the vote.[5] He replaced Alberto Molina shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into one parish; Rómulo Gallegos.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Venezuela: administrative units, extended . 2015-11-08 . 2016-03-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315201648/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/venezuela_ext.aspx . dead .
  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=9&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
  6. Web site: Archived copy . 2008-03-14 . 2006-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061002063906/http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf . dead .