The Bejuma Municipality is one of the 14
municipalities
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(
municipio
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s) that makes up the
Venezuela
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n state of
Carabobo and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 48,538. The town of
Bejuma
Bejuma is a small town in Carabobo State, Venezuela, seat of the Bejuma Municipality.
Geography
Bejuma is located at 667 metres over sea level.
Vegetation and natural resources
The municipality of Bejuma lies in the Cordillera La Costa Mont ...
is the
shire town
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of the Bejuma Municipality.
[http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Carabobo.zip]
Demographics
The Bejuma Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 45,306 (up from 39,945 in 2000). This amounts to 2% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .
Government
The mayor of the Bejuma Municipality is Lorenzo Remedios, re-elected on November 23, 2008, with 46% of the vote.
The municipality is divided into three
parish
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es; Bejuma, Canoabo, and Simón Bolívar.
Vegetation and natural resources
The municipality of Bejuma lies in the Cordillera La Costa Montane Forests ecoregion, and the major habitat type is
tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Description
TSMF is generally found in large, discon ...
.
[''The Nature Conservancy'' (2009) TNC terrestrial ecoregions]
Based on: Olson, D. M. and E. Dinerstein. 2002. The Global 200: Priority ecoregions for global conservation. (PDF file) Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89:125-126.
See also
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Bejuma
Bejuma is a small town in Carabobo State, Venezuela, seat of the Bejuma Municipality.
Geography
Bejuma is located at 667 metres over sea level.
Vegetation and natural resources
The municipality of Bejuma lies in the Cordillera La Costa Mont ...
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Carabobo
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Municipalities of Venezuela
Municipalities of Venezuela are subdivisions of the States of Venezuela. There are 335 municipalities dividing the 23 states and the Capital District.
Municipalities and their seats by federal entity Capital District
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References
Municipalities of Carabobo
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