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The Manapiare Municipality ( es, Municipio Manapiare) is one of the seven
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Municipalities of Amazonas (Venezuelan state) {{AmazonasVE-geo-stub
municipalities
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(municipio
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s) that makes up the southern Venezuela
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n state of Amazonas and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 7,715. The town of San Juan de Manapiare is the shire town
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of the Manapiare Municipality.http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Amazonas.zip
History
The town of San Juan de Manapiare was founded by the explorer Don Melicio Pérez in the year 1940.
Demographics
The Manapiare Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 9,658 (up from 7,647 in 2000). This amounts to 6.8% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .Government
The mayor of the Manapiare Municipality is Pastor Nelson Rodrìguez, elected on October 31, 2004, with 60% of the vote. He replaced Benjamin Perez shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into threeparish
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es; Alto Ventuari, Medio Ventuari, and Bajo Ventuari (previous to December 18, 1997, the Manapiare Municipality contained only a single parish).
See also
* San Juan de Manapiare * Amazonas *Municipalities of Venezuela
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References
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