Jiménez Municipality, Lara

Jiménez Municipality Municipio Jiménez
Municipality
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Location in Lara
Jiménez Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°55′53″N 69°36′26″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Lara
Municipal seat	Quíbor
Government
• Mayor	Jose Martin (MUP)
Area
• Total	848.4 km^2 (327.6 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	110,536
• Density	130/km^2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0253
Website	Official website

The Jiménez 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 97,524.^[1] The town of Quíbor is the shire town of the Jiménez Municipality.^[2]

Demographics

The Jiménez Municipality, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 100,997 (up from 97,524 in 2007). This amounts to 5.6% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 126.98 inhabitants per square kilometre (328.9/sq mi).^[4]

Government

The mayor of the Jiménez Municipality is Luis Alberto Plaza Paz, elected on October 31, 2004, with 73% of the vote.^[5] He replaced Manuel Diaz shortly after the elections.^[6] The municipality is divided into eight parishes; Juan Bautista Rodríguez, Cuara, Diego de Lozada, Paraíso de San José, San Miguel, Tintorero, José Bernardo Dorante, and Coronel.^[2]

See also

• Quíbor
• Lara
• Municipalities of Venezuela

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. http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/11/alcaldedis=0&edo=11&mun=3&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html ^{[bare URL]}
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.

External links

• jimenez-lara.gob.ve (in Spanish)