Pedro María Freites Municipality
Municipio Pedro María Freites | |
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![]() Location in
Anzoátegui | |
Coordinates: 9°23′51″N 64°10′56″W / 9.3975823°N 64.1821303°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Anzoátegui |
Municipal seat | Cantaura |
Government | |
• Mayor | Evelín Urdaneta ( AD) |
Area | |
• Total | 7,689.4 km2 (2,968.9 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 73,121 |
• Density | 9.5/km2 (25/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( VET) |
Area code(s) | 0282 |
Website | Official website |
The Pedro María Freites Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 73,121. [1] The town of Cantaura is the shire town of the Pedro María Freites Municipality. [2] The municipality is named for Pedro María Freites.
Minimum monthly temperature varies with elevation between 19.8 and 22.8 °C while maximum temperatures are between 30.5 and 33.6 °C. Annual precipitation is between 968 and 1109 mm, with most rainfall between June and August, and the driest quarter between January and March. [3]
The Pedro María Freites Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 76,892 (up from 68,146 in 2000). This amounts to 5.2% of the state's population. [4] The municipality's population density is 10.75 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.8/sq mi). [5]
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The mayor of the Pedro María Freites Municipality is Evelín Urdaneta, re-elected November 23, 2008 with 52% of the vote. [6] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Capital Pedro María Freites, Libertador, Santa Rosa, and Urica. [2]