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: | Apure |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jesus Leopoldo Estrada Moreno (PSUV) |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 24418 |
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: | 0240 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
The Rómulo Gallegos Municipality is one of the seven municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Apure and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 24,418.[1] The town of Elorza is the shire town 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.
The Rómulo Gallegos Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 23,839 (up from 20,331 in 2000). This amounts to 5% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Rómulo Gallegos Municipality is Jesus Leopoldo Estrada Moreno, re-elected November 23, 2008 with 48% of the vote.[5] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Urbana Elorza and La Trinidad.