The Muñoz Municipality is one of the seven

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

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s) that makes up the

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

n state of

Apure Apure State ( es, Estado Apure, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Its territory formed part of the provinces of Mérida, Maracaibo, and Barinas, in accordance with successive territorial ordinations pronounced by the colonial authori ...

and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 27,542. The town of

Bruzual Bruzual is a city in Apure State in Venezuela, and the shire town of Muñoz Municipality. It is named for Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual ( Santa Marta, Colombia, 1830 – Curaçao, 15 August 1868), was a military leader co ...

is the

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Demographics

The Muñoz Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 30,197 (up from 26,141 in 2000). This amounts to 6.4% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .

Government

The mayor of the Muñoz Municipality is Ramón de Jesús Bona Arraíz, re-elected November 23, 2008 with 58% of the vote.http://www.cne.gob.ve/divulgacion_regionales_2008/index.php?e=03&m=00&p=00&c=00&t=00&ca=00&v=02 The municipality is divided into five

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

es; Urbana Bruzual, Mantecal, Quintero, Rincón Hondo, and San Vicente.

References

External links

munoz-apure.gob.ve
Municipalities of Apure {{ApureVE-geo-stub