The Maroa Municipality ( es, Municipio Maroa) is one of the seven
municipalities
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(
municipio
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s) that makes up the southern
Venezuela
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n state of
Amazonas and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality had a population of 2,029. The town of
Maroa is the
shire town
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of the Maroa Municipality.
[http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Amazonas.zip]
History
Maroa was founded by the brave
Cacique
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Maruwa in the year 1760.
Demographics
The Maroa Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, had a population of 1,900 (up from 1,706 in 2000). This amounted to 1.3% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .
Government
The mayor of the Maroa Municipality is Thaimir Briceño Angulo, elected on October 31, 2004, with 61% of the vote. She replaced Antonio Briceño shortly after the elections.
The municipality is divided into two
parish
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es; Victorino and Comunidad (previous to December 18, 1997, the Maroa Municipality contained only a single parish).
See also
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Maroa, Amazonas
Maroa is a town in the southern Venezuelan state of Amazonas. This town is the shire town of the Maroa Municipality (or Guainía Municipality) and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 890.
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Amazonas
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Municipalities of Venezuela
Municipality, Municipalities of Venezuela are administrative divisions of Venezuela, subdivisions of the States of Venezuela. There are 335 municipalities dividing the 23 states and the Capital District (Venezuela), Capital District.
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References
Municipalities of Amazonas (Venezuelan state)
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