The Jiménez Municipality is one of the nine
municipalities
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The term ''municipality' ...
(
municipios) that makes up the
Venezuela
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n state of
Lara and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 97,524. The town of
Quíbor is the
shire town of the Jiménez Municipality.
[http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip ]
Demographics
The Jiménez Municipality, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 100,997 (up from 97,524 in 2007). This amounts to 5.6% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .
Government
The mayor of the Jiménez Municipality is Luis Alberto Plaza Paz, elected on October 31, 2004, with 73% of the vote. He replaced Manuel Diaz shortly after the elections.
The municipality is divided into eight
parish
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es; Juan Bautista Rodríguez, Cuara, Diego de Lozada, Paraíso de San José, San Miguel, Tintorero, José Bernardo Dorante, and Coronel.
See also
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Quíbor
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Lara
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Municipalities of Venezuela
References
External links
jimenez-lara.gob.ve
Municipalities of Lara (state)
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