Ezequiel Zamora Municipality
Municipio Ezequiel Zamora | |
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![]() Location in
Barinas | |
Coordinates: 7°45′31″N 71°03′54″W / 7.7586209°N 71.0650648°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Barinas |
Municipal seat | Santa Bárbara [*] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Levid Emilio Méndez ( MVR) |
Area | |
• Total | 3,994.0 km2 (1,542.1 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 53,580 |
• Density | 13/km2 (35/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( VET) |
Area code(s) | 0278 |
Website | Official website |
The Ezequiel Zamora 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 53,580. [1] The town of Santa Bárbara is the shire town of the Ezequiel Zamora Municipality. [2] The municipality is named for the 19th century Venezuelan soldier Ezequiel Zamora.
The Ezequiel Zamora Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 51,436 (up from 43,367 in 2000). This amounts to 6.8% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density is 12.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (33/sq mi). [4]
The mayor of the Ezequiel Zamora Municipality is Levid Emilio Méndez, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 38% of the vote. [5] [6] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Santa Bárbara, José Ignacio del Pumar, Pedro Briceño Méndez, and Ramón Ignacio Méndez. [2]
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