The Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality is one of the 18
municipalities
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(
municipio
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s) that makes up the
Venezuela
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n state of
Aragua
Aragua State ( es, Estado Aragua, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and jungles and Caribbean beaches. The most popular are Cata and Choroni. It has Venezuela's first n ...
and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 123,122. The town of
Santa Rita is the
shire town
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of the Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality.
[http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Aragua.zip ]
Demographics
The Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 135,873 (up from 118,146 in 2000). This amounts to 8.2% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .
Government
The mayor of the Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality is Raiza Márquez, elected on November 23, 2008, with 56% of the vote.
She replaced Hugo R. Peña A. shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into three
parish
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es; Capital Francisco Linares Alcántara, Francisco de Miranda (separated from Capital Francisco Linares Alcantara parish effective January 30, 1995), and Monseñor Feliciano González (separated from Francisco de Miranda parish effective December 16, 1997).
See also
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Santa Rita
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Aragua
Aragua State ( es, Estado Aragua, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and jungles and Caribbean beaches. The most popular are Cata and Choroni. It has Venezuela's first n ...
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Municipalities of Venezuela
Municipalities of Venezuela are subdivisions of the States of Venezuela. There are 335 municipalities dividing the 23 states and the Capital District.
Municipalities and their seats by federal entity Capital District
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References
External links
franciscolinaresalcantara-aragua.gob.ve
Municipalities of Aragua
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