Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, Lara

Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality Municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco
Municipality
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Location in Lara
Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°38′41″N 69°33′16″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Lara
Municipal seat	Sanare
Government
• Mayor	Alfredo Antonio Orozco (MVR)
Area
• Total	838.5 km^2 (323.7 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	49,812
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0253
Website	Official website

The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes 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 49,812.[1] The town of Sanare is the county seat of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality.[2] The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan poet Andrés Eloy Blanco.

Demographics

The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, according to a 2011 population census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 47,245 (up from 43,194 in 2000). This amounts to 2.8% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 70.36 inhabitants per square kilometre (182.2/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is Alfredo Antonio Orozco, elected on October 31, 2004, with 64% of the vote.[5] He replaced Daniel Quiñonez shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Pío Tamayo, Quebrada Honda de Guache, and Yacambú.[2]

Administrative divisions

There are 3 parroquias (Spanish for parishes):

Quebrada Honda de Guache

Pío Tamayo

Yacambú

References

1. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls ^[permanent dead link‍]
2. http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip ^[permanent dead link‍]
3. "Censos de población y vivienda". Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
4. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls ^[permanent dead link‍]
5. "Alcalde de Municipio". cne.gob.ve (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.

External links

• andreseloyblanco.gob.ve (in Spanish)