Simón Bolívar Municipality
Municipio Simón Bolívar | |
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Coordinates: 10°00′58″N 64°36′18″W / 10.016188°N 64.6051039°W | |
Country | Venezuela |
State | Anzoátegui |
Municipal seat | Barcelona |
Government | |
• Mayor | Inés Sifontes ( PSUV) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,855.9 km2 (716.6 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 421,424 |
• Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( VET) |
Area code(s) | 0281 |
Website | Official website |
The Simón Bolívar Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 421,424. [1] The city of Barcelona is the shire town of the Simón Bolívar Municipality. [2]
The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named " Simón Bolívar Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar.
The Simón Bolívar Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 428,391 (up from 378,285 in 2000). This amounts to 29.6% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density is 251.11 inhabitants per square kilometre (650.4/sq mi). [4]
The mayor of the Simón Bolívar Municipality is Inés Sifontes, elected on November 23, 2008 with 47% of the vote. [5] She replaced José Pérez Fernández shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into six parishes; El Carmen, San Cristóbal, Bergantín, Caigua, El Pilar, and Naricual. [2]