Tinaquillo Municipality

Tinaquillo Municipality

Municipio Tinaquillo
Tinaquillo Municipality Municipio Tinaquillo
Municipality
	Flag Seal
	Location in Cojedes
	Tinaquillo Municipality Location in Venezuela
	Coordinates: 9°54′34″N 68°17′52″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Cojedes
Municipal seat	Tinaquillo
Government
• Mayor	José Gonzalo Mujica Herrera
Area
• Total	684.6 km2 (264.3 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	97,687
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0258
Website	Official website

The Tinaquillo Municipality (was known as Falcón Municipality before 2011) is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Cojedes and, according to a according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 97.687.[1] The town of Tinaquillo is the municipal seat of the Tinaquillo Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Tinaquillo Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 90,773 (up from 74,872 in 2000). This amounts to 30.2% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 127.13 inhabitants per square kilometre (329.3/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Tinaquillo Municipality is José Gonzalo Mujica Herrera, elected on October 31, 2004 with 42% of the vote.[5] He replaced Dimas Ramos shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into one parish; Tinaquillo.[2]

References

"Venezuela: administrative units, extended". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Cojedes.zip
http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls
http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/8/alcaldedis=0&edo=8&mun=2&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Venezuela: administrative units, extended". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2015-11-08.

[autogenerated1-2] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Cojedes.zip

[3] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls

[4] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls

[5] ttp://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/8/alcaldedis=0&edo=8&mun=2&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)