Roscio Municipality | |
Native Name: | Municipio Roscio |
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 Roscio 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: | Manuel de Jesús González Marrero |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 21750 |
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 Roscio 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 21,750.[1] The town of Guasipati is the shire town of the Roscio Municipality.[2]
The Roscio Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 23,957 (up from 19,777 in 2000). This amounts to 1.6% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Roscio Municipality is Manuel de Jesús González Marrero, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 51% of the vote.[5] [6] The municipality is divided into one (two if you count the Capital Roscio section) parishes; Salom.