Angostura Municipality
Municipio Angostura | |
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Coordinates: 5°48′02″N 63°08′55″W / 5.80046°N 63.1486308°W | |
Country | Venezuela |
State | Bolívar |
Municipal seat | Ciudad Piar |
Government | |
• Mayor | Gilberto Antonio Villarroel Carvajal ( PPT) |
Area | |
• Total | 57,337.2 km2 (22,138.0 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 40,927 |
• Density | 0.71/km2 (1.8/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( VET) |
Area code(s) | 0285 |
Angostura Municipality (also Bolivariano Angostura, prior to June 2009 called Raúl Leoni Municipality) is one of the eleven municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 40,927. [1] The town of Ciudad Piar is the administrative seat of Angostura Municipality. [2] The municipality was formerly named for the Venezuelan president Raúl Leoni, who served 1964 to 1969.
Angostura Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, had a population of 47,167 (up from 36,654 in 2000). This amounts to 3.1% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density is 0.83 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.1/sq mi). [4]
The municipality is divided into four parishes; Barceloneta, San Francisco, Santa Bárbara and Cm. Ciudad Piar. [5] The mayor of Angostura Municipality (then Raúl Leoni Municipality) was Gilberto Antonio Villarroel Carvajal, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 52% of the vote. [6] [7] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Barceloneta, San Francisco, Santa Bárbara and Angostura. [2] In 2006 he was replaced as mayor by Gilberto Villarroel, and in 2013 Yusleiby Ramírez was elected mayor by narrowly beating Gilberto Villarroel in the election. [8]
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