Cruz Paredes Municipality
Municipio Cruz Paredes | |
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![]() Location in
Barinas | |
Coordinates: 8°51′02″N 70°15′32″W / 8.850472°N 70.2589423°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Barinas |
Municipal seat | Barrancas [*] |
Government | |
• Mayor | María Guadalupe Fernández Acuña ( AD) |
Area | |
• Total | 762.6 km2 (294.4 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 26,042 |
• Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( VET) |
Area code(s) | 0273 |
Website | Official website |
The Cruz Paredes 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 26,042. [1] The town of Barrancas is the municipal seat of the Cruz Paredes Municipality. [2]
The Cruz Paredes Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 25,178 (up from 21,197 in 2000). This amounts to 3.3% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density is 32.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (84/sq mi). [4]
The mayor of the Cruz Paredes Municipality is María Guadalupe Fernández Acuña, elected on October 31, 2004, with 42% of the vote. [5] She replaced Carlos Ramirez shortly after the elections. [6] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Barrancas, El Socorro, and Masparrito. [2]
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