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