The Píritu Municipality is one of the 21
municipalities
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municipio
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s) that makes up the eastern
Venezuela
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n state of
Anzoátegui
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and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 23,248. The town of
Píritu, Anzoátegui is the
shire town
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of the Píritu Municipality.
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History
The Píritu Municipality separated in 1993 from the
Fernando de Peñalver Municipality
The Fernando de Peñalver 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 ...
.
Demographics
The Píritu Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 24,532 (up from 19,834 in 2000). This amounts to 1.7% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .
Government
The mayor of the Píritu Municipality is Rita Jimenez, elected on November 23, 2008, with 47% of the vote.
She replaced Antonio Barrios shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into two
parish
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es; Capital Píritu and San Francisco (previous to June 27, 1995, the Píritu Municipality contained only a single parish)
.
See also
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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
External links
piritu-anzoategui.gob.ve
Municipalities of Anzoategui
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