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El Tigre (disambiguation) or Tigre (disambiguation)Infobox Settlement
official_name = El Tigre
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = Municipality
subdivision_name =Venezuela
subdivision_name1 =Anzoátegui
subdivision_name2 = Simón Rodríguez
established_title = Founded
established_date =February 3 ,1933
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government_type =
leader_title =Mayor
leader_name = Ernesto José Paraqueima Luiggi (Podemos )
area_total_km2 =
population_as_of = 2001
population_footnotes =
population_total = 147800
population_density_km2 =
timezone = VST
utc_offset = -4:30
timezone_DST = not observed
utc_offset_DST = -4:30
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elevation_m = 265
population_blank1_title =Demonym
population_blank1 = tigrense
area_code = 0283
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 6050
website = [http://simonrodriguez-anzoategui.gov.ve/portal-alcaldias/ simonrodriguez-anzoategui.gov.ve]
footnotes = The area and population figures are for the municipalityEl Tigre is a city in the eastern
Venezuela n state ofAnzoátegui . This city is the shire town of the Simón Rodríguez Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelancensus , the municipality has a population of 147,800. [http://www.ine.gov.ve/censo/fichascenso/tiro.asp?cod_entidad=3 Primeros Resultados XIII Censo General de Población y Vivienda ] ]History
El Tigre was founded on February 3, 1933. The city started when oil companies found oil in El Tigre and stablished their offices in Campo Oficina.
Demographics
The Simón Rodríguez Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 147,800 (up from 94,409 in 1990). This amounts to 12.1% of Anzoátegui's population.
Government
El Tigre is the shire town of the Simón Rodríguez Municipality in Anzoátegui. The mayor of the Simón Rodríguez Municipality is Ernesto José Paraqueima Luiggi, elected in 2004 with 46% of the vote. [ [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/2/alcaldedis=0&edo=2&mun=12&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html Alcalde de Municipio SIMON RODRIGUEZ] ] He replaced Ángel Godoy Chávez shortly after the last municipal elections in October 2004. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf]
Famous residents
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Jean Machi , MLB pitcher, is a native of El TigreReferences
External links
* [http://simonrodriguez-anzoategui.gov.ve/portal-alcaldias/ simonrodriguez-anzoategui.gov.ve] es icon
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