Iribarren Municipality
Iribarren Municipality Municipio Iribarren | |
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 Buildings of Barquisimeto | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location in Lara | |
.svg)  Iribarren Municipality Location in Venezuela | |
| Coordinates: 10°08′07″N 69°23′38″W / 10.1353°N 69.3939°W | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| State | Lara |
| Municipal seat | Barquisimeto |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alfredo Ramos (MUD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,733.9 km2 (1,055.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 1,027,022 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (970/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| Area code(s) | 0251 |
| Website | Official website |
The Iribarren Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that make up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 1,027,022.[1] The City of Barquisimeto is the shire town of the Iribarren Municipality.[2]
Demographics
[edit]The Iribarren Municipality, according to a 2011 population census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 996.230 (up from 915,634 in 2000). This amounts to 56% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 372.11 inhabitants per square kilometre (963.8/sq mi).[4]
Government
[edit]The mayor of the Iribarren Municipality is Alfredo Ramos, elected on December 8, 2013. The municipality is divided into 10 parishes; Catedral, Concepción, El Cují, Juan de Villegas, Santa Rosa, Tamaca, Unión, Aguedo Felipe Alvarado, Buena Vista, and Juárez.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Censos de población y vivienda". Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- iribarren-lara.gob.ve (in Spanish)
- Nuevo Sistema Ferroviario de Venezuela (in Spanish)
- Video of Barquisimeto and its surroundings (in Spanish)
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