Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, Barinas

The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Barinas and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 16,144. [1] The town of El Cantón is the shire town of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality.[2] The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan poet Andrés Eloy Blanco.

Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality

Municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco
Municipality
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Location in Barinas
Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 7°28′38″N 71°17′44″W
Country Venezuela
StateBarinas
Government
 • MayorZulay Martínez Fuentes (MVR)
Area
 • Total1,493 km2 (576 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total16,144
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s)0278
WebsiteOfficial website

Demographics

The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, according to a 2017 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 18,816 (up from 15,847 in 2000). This amounts to 2.5% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 12.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (33/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is Zulay Martínez Fuentes, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 69% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into three parishes; El Cantón, Santa Cruz de Guacas, and Puerto Vivas.[2]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Barinas.zip%5B%5D
  3. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5B%5D
  4. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls%5B%5D
  5. http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/5/alcaldedis=0&edo=5&mun=12&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

In 2008 it established a sister-relationship with Dane County, Wisconsin -- http://www.dane-andres.org/

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