Bolívar Municipality is one of the 18

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(

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s) that makes up the

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

n state of

Aragua Aragua State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains, jungles and Caribbean beaches. The most popular beaches are Cata and Choroni. It has Venezuela's first national par ...

and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 38,047. The town of San Mateo is the

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of the Bolívar Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Aragua.zip

Name

The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named " Bolívar Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero

Simón Bolívar Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24July 178317December 1830) was a Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bol ...

Geography

The municipality is mountainous in the center and north, but in the south it is flat due to the depression formed by Lake Valencia. The temperature generally varies between 24.5 °C and 30 °C, while annual precipitation averages 900 mm.

Economy

Agriculture and industry are the primary sources of income for the municipality, which contains some 3% of the industry of Aragua state. In agriculture, the municipality stands out for its production of

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and

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, in which it ranks 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in the state.

Demographics

The Bolívar Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 42,295 (up from 39,260 in 2000). This amounts to 2.5% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .

Government

The mayor of the Bolívar Municipality is Freddy Arenas, elected on November 23, 2008, with 61% of the vote. He replaced César Augusto Barrera Ramirez shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into one

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; Capital Bolívar.

References

External links

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Municipalities of Aragua San Mateo, Aragua {{Aragua-geo-stub