Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality
Municipio Mario Briceño Iragorry | |
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![]() Location in
Aragua | |
Coordinates: 10°19′18″N 67°38′18″W / 10.321675°N 67.6383594°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Aragua |
Municipal seat | El Limón |
Government | |
• Mayor | Carlos Javier Velarde ( MVR) |
Area | |
• Total | 59.3 km2 (22.9 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 99,852 |
• Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( VET) |
Area code(s) | 0243 |
Website | Official website |
The Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities ( municipios) that make up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 99,852. [1] The town of El Limón is the shire town of the Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality. [2] The municipality is named for the writer Mario Briceño Iragorry.
The Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 103,269 (up from 98,429 in 2000). This amounts to 6.2% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density is 1,948.47 inhabitants per square kilometre (5,046.5/sq mi). [4]
The mayor of the Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality is Carlos Javier Velarde, elected on October 31, 2004, with 52% of the vote. [5] He replaced Pedro Maurera shortly after the elections. [6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Mario Briceño Iragorry and Caña de Azúcar (created January 30, 1995). [2]
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