San Juan de Manapiare explained

Official Name:San Juan de Manapiare
Pushpin Map:Venezuela
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name:Venezuela
Subdivision Name1:Amazonas
Subdivision Name2:Manapiare
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1940
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Pastor Nelson Rodrìguez (PUAMA)
Area Total Km2:33100
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:991
Population Density Km2:0.0299
Timezone:VET
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:5.3242°N -66.0553°W
Population Blank1 Title:Demonym
Area Code:0248
Website:manapiare-amazonas.gob.ve
Footnotes:The area and population figures are for the municipality

San Juan de Manapiare is a town in the southern Venezuelan state of Amazonas. This town is the shire town of the Manapiare Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 991.[1]

History

San Juan de Manapiare was founded by the explorer Don Melicio Pérez in the year 1940.[2]

Demographics

The Manapiare Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 991 (down from 4,036 in 1990). This amounts to 1.4% of Amazonas's population. The municipality's population density is 0.1 people per square mile (0.0299/km2).

Government

San Juan de Manapiare is the shire town of the Manapiare Municipality in Amazonas. The mayor of the Manapiare Municipality is Pastor Nelson Rodrìguez, elected in 2004 with 60% of the vote.[3] He replaced Benjamin Perez shortly after the last municipal elections in October 2004.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Primeros Resultados XIII Censo General de Población y Vivienda. Ine.gov.ve. 14 October 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070825040546/http://www.ine.gov.ve/censo/fichascenso/tiro.asp?cod_entidad=2. 25 August 2007.
  2. Web site: Municipios del Estado Amazonas. Amazonas.gob.ve. 14 October 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100421163113/http://www.amazonas.gob.ve/amazonas/municipios.html. 21 April 2010.
  3. http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/22/alcaldedis=0&edo=22&mun=6&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2006-10-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061002063906/http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf . 2006-10-02 .