Crespo Municipality
The Crespo Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, as of the 2011 census, the municipality has a population of 49,958.[1]: 10 The town of Duaca is the shire town of the Crespo Municipality.[2]
Crespo Municipality
Municipio Crespo | |
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Flag Seal | |
Location in Lara | |
Crespo Municipality Location in Venezuela | |
| Coordinates: 10°19′08″N 69°09′30″W | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| State | Lara |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Miguel Valecillos Paul (MVR) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 759.2 km2 (293.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 49,958 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| Area code(s) | 0253 |
| Website | Official website |
Demographics
The Crespo Municipality, according to a 2011 population census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 49,958 (up from 42,432 in 2001). This amounts to 2.8% of the state's population. [1] The municipality's population density is 56.93 inhabitants per square kilometre (147.4/sq mi).[3]
Government
The mayor of the Crespo Municipality is Miguel Valecillos Paul, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 83% of the vote.[4][5] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Fréitez and José María Blanco .[1]: 44
See also
References
- XIV Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda: Resultados por Entidad Federal y Municipio del Estado Lara (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística, República Bolivariana de Venezuela. December 2014.
- http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip
- http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
- "Alcalde de Municipio: Crespo".
- "Elecciones 30 de Julio de 2000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.