Urdaneta Municipality, Aragua

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Municipio Urdaneta
Location of Urdaneta within Aragua [[Image:{{{skyline_photo}}}\|250px\|{{{skyline_caption}}}]] {{{skyline_caption}}}
Country	Venezuela
State	Aragua
Shiretown	Barbacoas
Area	2,024 km² (1,258 sq mi)
Population (2007)	21,270
Density	10.51/km² (16.90/sq mi)
Mayor	Sotero González (COPEI)
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s)	0246
Website	urdaneta-aragua.gob.ve

The Urdaneta Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 21,270.^[1] The town of Barbacoas is the shire town of the Urdaneta Municipality.^[2]

1 Demographics
2 Government
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Demographics

The Urdaneta Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 21,270 (up from 19,339 in 2000). This amounts to 1.3% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 16.90 people per square mile (10.51/km²).^[4]

[edit] Government

The mayor of the Urdaneta Municipality is Sotero González, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 32% of the vote.^[5]^[6] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Capital Urdaneta, Las Peñitas, San Francisco de Cara, and Taguay.^[7]