The San Joaquín Municipality is one of the 14

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s) that makes up the

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n state of

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and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 64,124. The town of

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is the

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to the north, the Lake Valencia to the south, the

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to the east, and the

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to the west.

Demographics

The San Joaquín Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 60,953 (up from 48,946 in 2000). This amounts to 2.7% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .

Government

The mayor of the San Joaquín Municipality is Luis Aguiar, elected on November 23, 2008, with 55% of the vote. He replaced César Emilio Hernández Meza shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into one

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(San Joaquín).

Tradition

The municipality is well known for its local biscuits, the "''panelas'' of San Joaquín".

References

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