The Juan Manuel Cajigal 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 122,634. The town of
Onoto
Onoto is a town in the eastern Venezuelan States of Venezuela, state of Anzoátegui. This town is the County seat, shire town of the Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a populatio ...
is the
shire town of the Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality.
[http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Anzoategui.zip ] The municipality is named for the Venezuelan mathematician
Juan Manuel Cajigal y Odoardo
Juan Manuel Cajigal y Odoardo (1803 in Barcelona, Anzoátegui – 1856 in Yaguaraparo, Sucre) was a Venezuelan mathematician, engineer and statesman.
Orphaned at age 7, he was raised in Spain by his cousin-once-removed, Field Marshal Juan Manuel C ...
.
Demographics
The Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 13,747 (up from 13,020 in 2000). This amounts to 0.9% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .
Government
The mayor of the Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality is Antonio Goffin, elected on 23 November 2008 with 48% of the vote.
He replaced Mardo Marcano shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into two
parishes; Capital Onoto and San Pablo.
References
External links
juancajigal-anzoategui.gob.ve
Municipalities of Anzoategui
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