The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is one of the nine
municipalities
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(
municipio
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s) that makes up the
Venezuela
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n state of
Lara
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People
* Lara (name), can be a given name or a surname in several languages
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and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 49,812. The town of
Sanare is the county seat of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality.
[http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip ] The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "
Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan poet
Andrés Eloy Blanco
Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño (6 August 1896 – 21 May 1955) was a noted Venezuelan poet and politician. He was a member of the ''Generación del 28'', and one of the founders of Acción Democrática (AD). He was Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ve ...
.
Demographics
The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, according to a 2011 population census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 47,245 (up from 43,194 in 2000). This amounts to 2.8% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .
Government
The mayor of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is Alfredo Antonio Orozco, elected on October 31, 2004, with 64% of the vote. He replaced Daniel Quiñonez shortly after the elections.
The municipality is divided into three
parish
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es; Pío Tamayo, Quebrada Honda de Guache, and Yacambú.
Administrative divisions
There are 3 (
Spanish
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for parishes):
Quebrada Honda de Guache
Pío Tamayo
Yacambú
References
External links
andreseloyblanco.gob.ve
Municipalities of Lara (state)
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