Pedro Gual Municipality
Pedro Gual Municipality
Municipio Pedro Gual | |
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![]() Location in Miranda | |
Coordinates: 10°05′48″N 65°40′40″W / 10.0966428°N 65.6776435°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Miranda |
Municipal seat | Cúpira |
Government | |
• Mayor | Manuel Alvarez (MVR) |
Area | |
• Total | 993.1 km2 (383.4 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 22,579 |
• Density | 23/km2 (59/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
Area code(s) | 0234 |
Website | Official website |
Pedro Gual is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 22,579.[1] The town of Cúpira is the municipal seat of the Pedro Gual Municipality.[2] The municipality is named for 19th century Venezuelan President Pedro Gual Escandón.
Demographics
[edit]The Pedro Gual Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 22,579 (up from 19,379 in 2000). This amounts to 0.8% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 24.41 inhabitants per square kilometre (63.2/sq mi).[4]
Government
[edit]The mayor of the Pedro Gual Municipality is Manuel Alvarez, elected on October 31, 2004, with 47% of the vote.[5] He replaced Lenis Landaeta shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Cúpira and Machurucuto.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls [permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls [permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls [permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/13/alcaldedis=0&edo=13&mun=21&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html [bare URL]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
[edit]- pedrogual-miranda.gob.ve (in Spanish)