Ayacucho Municipality, Táchira

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| subdivision_name1 = Táchira

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Gabino Paz Guerrero (COPEI)

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| population_as_of = 2007

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The Ayacucho Municipality is one of the 29 municipalities that makes up the western Venezuelan state of Táchira and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 60,454.[http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls]{{dead link|date=July 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} The town of Colón is the municipal seat of the Ayacucho Municipality.[http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Tachira.zip]{{dead link|date=July 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

Demographics

The Ayacucho Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 60,454 (up from 50,992 in 2000). This amounts to 5.1% of the state's population.[http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls]{{dead link|date=July 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} The municipality's population density is {{convert|119.24|PD/sqkm}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031134422/http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls |archivedate=2008-10-31 }}

Government

The mayor of the Ayacucho Municipality is Yonnhy Liscano Quintero, The municipality is divided into three parishes; Ayacucho, Rivas Berti, San Pedro del Río.

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