The Ricaurte Municipality is one of the nine

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s) that makes up the

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n state of Cojedes and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 12,657. The town of Libertad 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,Antonio Ricaurte Antonio Clemente José María Bernabé Ricaurte Lozano (June 10, 1786 – March 25, 1814) was a patriot of the Independence of Colombia and Venezuela and captain of Military career of Simón Bolívar, Bolívar's army. He is remembered as the marty ...

Demographics

The Ricaurte Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 12,340 (up from 10,883 in 2000). This amounts to 4.1% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .

Government

The mayor of the Ricaurte Municipality is Ramón A Peralta Ruíz, elected on October 31, 2004, with 54% of the vote. He replaced Violeta Montoya shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into two

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es; Libertad de Cojedes and El Amparo.

References

Municipalities of Cojedes (state) {{venezuela-geo-stub