The Morán 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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* 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 128,674. The town of
El Tocuyo
El Tocuyo is a fertile valley and city in west-central Venezuela at elevation. It is located in south-central Lara (state), Lara State about 60 km southwest of Barquisimeto. The town of El Tocuyo was founded by Juan de Carvajal in 1545 on ...
is the
shire town
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of the Morán Municipality.
[http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip ]
History
The town of El Tocuyo was founded by Juan de Carvajal in 1545 on the banks of the
Tocuyo River and it was the administrative capital of Venezuela from 1546 to 1548. Its original name was ''Nuestra Señora de la Pura y Limpia Concepción del Tocuyo''.
Geography
The surrounding area has good soil and an ideal climate for agriculture, dry and warm with plenty of water available from the Tocuyo River. The area has been occupied for over 20,000 years. When the Spanish arrived they found the "Gayones" Indians, who inhabited this valley, sowing corn and other agricultural products as cotton and yucca. After the Spanish came, sugar cane was, for centuries, the biggest crop; but since 1980 vegetables such as tomatoes, onions, chiles, and potatoes are taking its place.
Demographics
The Morán Municipality, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 123,880 (up from 115,166 in 2000). This amounts to 7.2% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .
Government
The mayor of the Morán Municipality is Pedro Emilio Alastre López, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 61% of the vote.
The municipality is divided into eight parishes; Bolívar, Anzoátegui, Guarico, Hilario Luna y Luna, Humocaro Alto, Humocaro Bajo, La Candelaria, and Morán
.
See also
*
El Tocuyo
El Tocuyo is a fertile valley and city in west-central Venezuela at elevation. It is located in south-central Lara (state), Lara State about 60 km southwest of Barquisimeto. The town of El Tocuyo was founded by Juan de Carvajal in 1545 on ...
*
Lara
Lara may refer to:
People
* Lara (name), can be a given name or a surname in several languages
* Lara (mythology), a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's ''Fasti''
Places
*Lara (state), a state in Venezuela
* Electoral district ...
*
Municipalities of Venezuela
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References
External links
moran-lara.gob.ve
*https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220628/http://www.eltocuyo.8m.com/
Municipalities of Lara (state)
El Tocuyo
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