The Anzoátegui Municipality is one of the nine
municipalities
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(
municipio
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s) that makes up the
Venezuela
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n state of
Cojedes and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 17,030. The town of
Cojedes is the
shire town
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of the Anzoátegui Municipality.
[http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Cojedes.zip ]
Demographics
The Anzoátegui Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 16,333 (up from 14,354 in 2000). This amounts to 5.4% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .
Government
The mayor of the Anzoátegui Municipality is Luis Linares, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 44% of the vote.
The municipality is divided into two
parish
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es; Cojedes and Juan de Mata Suárez.
References
External links
anzoategui-cojedes.gob.ve
Municipalities of Cojedes (state)
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