The Ricaurte Municipality is one of the nine municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Cojedes and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 12,657. The town of Libertad is the municipal seat of the Ricaurte Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Cojedes.zip The municipality is named for Venezuelan independence hero Antonio Ricaurte.

Demographics

The Ricaurte Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 12,340 (up from 10,883 in 2000). This amounts to 4.1% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .

Government

The mayor of the Ricaurte Municipality is Ramón A Peralta Ruíz, elected on October 31, 2004, with 54% of the vote. He replaced Violeta Montoya shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into two parishes; Libertad de Cojedes and El Amparo.

References

Municipalities of Cojedes (state) {{venezuela-geo-stub