The Cruz Paredes Municipality is one of the 12
municipalities
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The term ''municipality' ...
(
municipio
A ' () or ' () is an administrative division in several Hispanophone and Lusophone nations, respectively. It is often translated as "municipality." It comes from ''mūnicipium'' (), meaning a township.
In English, a municipality often is define ...
s) that makes up the
Venezuela
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n state of
Barinas and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 26,042. The town of
Barrancas is the
municipal seat
A municipal seat (Spanish: ; ) is the administrative center and seat of government of a municipality or civil parish, with other villages or towns subordinated. The term is used in Brazil, Colombia,parish
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es; Barrancas, El Socorro, and Masparrito.
References
External links
cruzparedes-barinas.gob.ve
Municipalities of Barinas (state)
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