The Pedro Camejo Municipality is one of the seven

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(

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s) that makes up the

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n state of

Apure Apure State ( es, Estado Apure, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Its territory formed part of the provinces of Mérida, Maracaibo, and Barinas, in accordance with successive territorial ordinations pronounced by the colonial author ...

and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 28,966. The town of

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is the

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independence hero Pedro Camejo.

Demographics

The Pedro Camejo Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 31,187 (up from 26,407 in 2000). This amounts to 6.5% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .

Government

The mayor of the Pedro Camejo Municipality is Pedro Danilo Leal, re-elected November 23, 2008 with 56% of the vote. The municipality is divided into three

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es; Urbana San Juan de Payara, Codazzi, and Cunaviche.

References

External links

pedrocamejo-apure.gob.ve
Municipalities of Apure {{ApureVE-geo-stub