Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality

Francisco del Carmen Carvajal
Municipality
Municipio Francisco del Carmen Carvajal

Location in Anzoátegui
Country  Venezuela
State Anzoátegui
Shiretown Valle de Guanape
Government
 • Mayor Franklyn Guillen (PSUV)
Area
 • Total 125 km2 (48 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 14,653
 • Density 120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s) 0281

The Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 14,653. [1] The town of Valle de Guanape is the shire town of the Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 12,936 (up from 11,654 in 2000). This amounts to 0.8% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 103.49 inhabitants per square kilometre (268.0/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality is Franklyn Guillen, re-elected 23 November 2008 with 55% of the vote.[5] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Valle de Guanape and Santa Bárbara (previous to 27 June 1995, the Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality, or Carvajal Municipality as it was known back then, contained only a single parish).[2]

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