Maroa is a town in the southern

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 Amazonas. This town is the

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of the Maroa Municipality (or Guainía Municipality) and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan

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, the municipality has a population of 890.Primeros Resultados XIII Censo General de Población y Vivienda

History

Maroa was founded by the brave

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Maruwa in the year 1760.Municipios del Estado Amazonas

Demographics

The Maroa Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 890 (down from 1,140 in 1990). This amounts to 2% of Amazonas's population. The municipality's population density is 0.2 people per square mile (0.0625/km²).

Government

Maroa is the

of the Maroa Municipality (or Guainía Municipality) in Amazonas. The mayor of the Maroa Municipality (or Guainía Municipality) is Thaimir Briceño Angulo, elected in 2004 with 61% of the vote. She replaced Antonio Briceño shortly after the last municipal elections in October 2004.

References

External links

maroa-amazonas.gov.ve

Populated places in Amazonas (Venezuelan state) {{Venezuela-geo-stub