Padre Pedro Chien Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Padre Pedro Chien


country= Venezuela
state= Bolívar
shiretown= El Palmar
area= 2,275 km² (1,413.6 sq mi)
population= 14,749
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 6.48/km² (10.4/sq mi)
mayor= Franklin Gonzalez (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0288
website= http://padrepedrochien-bolivar.gob.ve/
website_name= padrepedrochien-bolivar.gob.ve

The Padre Pedro Chien Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 14,749. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of El Palmar is the shire town of the Padre Pedro Chien Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Bolivar.zip]

Demographics

The Padre Pedro Chien Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 14,749 (up from 12,810 in 2000). This amounts to 1% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 10.4 people per square mile (6.48/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/bolivar/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Padre Pedro Chien Municipality is Franklin Gonzalez, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 76% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/6/alcaldedis=0&edo=6&mun=11&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into one parish (Capital Padre Pedro Chien).

ee also

*El Palmar
*Bolívar
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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