The José Angel Lamas Municipality is one of the 18
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
(
municipios) that makes up the
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
n state of
Aragua and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 32,981. The town of
Santa Cruz is the
municipal seat of the José Angel Lamas Municipality.
[http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Aragua.zip ] The municipality is named for the Venezuelan composer
José Ángel Lamas.
Demographics
The José Angel Lamas Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 33,513 (up from 28,263 in 2000). This amounts to 2% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .
Government
The mayor of the José Angel Lamas Municipality is Ybis Pérez, elected on November 23, 2008, with 61% of the vote.
She replaced Nancy López shortly after the elections. The municipality contains one
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
; Capital José Angel Lamas.
References
External links
joseangellamas-aragua.gob.ve
Municipalities of Aragua
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