The Simón Bolívar Municipality is one of the 21

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(

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s) that makes up the eastern

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n state of

Anzoátegui Anzoátegui State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, states of Venezuela, located in the northeastern region of the country. Anzoátegui is well known for its beaches that attract many visitors. Its coast consists of a single beach approx ...

and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 421,424. The city of

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is the

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

Name

The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named " Simón 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 ...

Demographics

The Simón Bolívar Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 428,391 (up from 378,285 in 2000). This amounts to 29.6% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .

Government

The mayor of the Simón Bolívar Municipality is Inés Sifontes, elected on November 23, 2008 with 47% of the vote. She replaced José Pérez Fernández shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into six

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

es; El Carmen, San Cristóbal, Bergantín, Caigua, El Pilar, and Naricual.

References

External links

simonbolivar-anzoategui.gob.ve
{{DEFAULTSORT:Simon Bolivar Municipality Municipalities of Anzoategui