Bejuma Municipality

Bejuma Municipality Municipio Bejuma
Municipality
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Location in Carabobo
Bejuma Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°14′48″N 68°12′04″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Carabobo
Municipal seat	Bejuma
Government
• Mayor	Lorenzo Remedios (PSUV)
Area
• Total	536.1 km^2 (207.0 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	48,538
• Density	91/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0249

The Bejuma Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 48,538.[1] The town of Bejuma is the shire town of the Bejuma Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Bejuma Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 45,306 (up from 39,945 in 2000). This amounts to 2% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 96.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (250/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Bejuma Municipality is Lorenzo Remedios, re-elected on November 23, 2008, with 46% of the vote.[5] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Bejuma, Canoabo, and Simón Bolívar.[2]

Vegetation and natural resources

The municipality of Bejuma lies in the Cordillera La Costa Montane Forests ecoregion, and the major habitat type is tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests.[6]

See also

• Bejuma
• Carabobo
• Municipalities of Venezuela

References

1. "registered through Argeweb". www.geohive.com.
2. http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Carabobo.zip^[permanent dead link‍]
3. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/carabobo/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls^[permanent dead link‍]
4. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/carabobo/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls^[permanent dead link‍]
5. "Divulgación Elecciones Regionales - 23 de Noviembre de 2008". www.cne.gob.ve.
6. The Nature Conservancy (2009) TNC terrestrial ecoregions, [1]. Based on: Olson, D. M. and E. Dinerstein. 2002. The Global 200: Priority ecoregions for global conservation. (PDF file) Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89:125-126.