Antonio Díaz Municipality
Municipio Antonio Díaz | |
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Coordinates: 8°38′33″N 60°47′15″W / 8.6425505°N 60.7876172°W | |
Country | Venezuela |
State | Delta Amacuro |
Municipal seat | Curiapo |
Government | |
• Mayor | Amado Antonio Heredia Bolaño (Migente) |
Area | |
• Total | 21,345.3 km2 (8,241.5 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 26,655 |
• Density | 1.2/km2 (3.2/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( VET) |
Area code(s) | 0287 |
The Antonio Díaz Municipality is one of the four municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 26,655. [1] The town of Curiapo is the municipal seat of the Antonio Díaz Municipality. [2]
The Antonio Díaz Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 27,693 (up from 21,664 in 2000). This amounts to 17.8% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density is 1.22 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.2/sq mi). [4]
The mayor of the Antonio Díaz Municipality is Amado Antonio Heredia Bolaño, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 71% of the vote. [5] [6] The municipality is divided into six parishes; Curiapo, Almirante Luis Brión, Francisco Aniceto Lugo, Manuel Renaud, Padre Barral, and Santos de Abelgas (previous to February 25, 1995, the Antonio Díaz Municipality contained only a single parish). [2]