Ayacucho Municipality
Municipio Ayacucho | |
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![]() Location in
Táchira | |
Coordinates: 8°05′56″N 72°16′57″W / 8.0990001°N 72.2824863°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Táchira |
Municipal seat | San Juan de Colón |
Government | |
• Mayor | Gabino Paz Guerrero ( COPEI) |
Area | |
• Total | 443.8 km2 (171.4 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 60,454 |
• Density | 140/km2 (350/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( VET) |
Area code(s) | 0277 |
The Ayacucho Municipality is one of the 29 municipalities that makes up the western Venezuelan state of Táchira and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 60,454. [1] The town of Colón is the municipal seat of the Ayacucho Municipality. [2]
The Ayacucho Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 60,454 (up from 50,992 in 2000). This amounts to 5.1% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density is 119.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (308.8/sq mi). [4]
The mayor of the Ayacucho Municipality is Gabino Paz Guerrero, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 47% of the vote. [5] [6] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Ayacucho, Rivas Berti, San Pedro del Río. [2]
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