Iribarren Municipality
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| name = Iribarren Municipality
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| native_name = Municipio Iribarren
| native_name_lang = es
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| settlement_type = Municipality
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| image_caption = Buildings of Barquisimeto
| image_flag = Barquisimeto Flag.svg
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| image_seal = Barquisimeto Coat of Arms.svg
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| map_caption = Location in Lara
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Lara
| seat_type = Municipal seat
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Alfredo Ramos (MUD)
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| population_as_of = 2007
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| population_total = 1027022
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| established_title = Founded
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| established_title1 = Established
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| established_title2 = Incorporated
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| timezone = VET
| utc_offset = −4
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| area_code = 0251
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The Iribarren Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that make up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 1,027,022.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The City of Barquisimeto is the shire town of the Iribarren Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Demographics
The Iribarren Municipality, according to a 2011 population census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 996.230 (up from 915,634 in 2000). This amounts to 56% of the state's population.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ine.gov.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=95&Itemid=26|title=Censos de población y vivienda|access-date=2019-02-08|archive-date=2015-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316050254/http://www.ine.gov.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=95&Itemid=26|url-status=dead}} The municipality's population density is {{convert|372.11|PD/sqkm}}.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Government
The mayor of the Iribarren Municipality is Alfredo Ramos, elected on December 8, 2013. The municipality is divided into 10 parishes; Catedral, Concepción, El Cují, Juan de Villegas, Santa Rosa, Tamaca, Unión, Aguedo Felipe Alvarado, Buena Vista, and Juárez.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080315174727/http://iribarren-lara.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ iribarren-lara.gob.ve] {{in lang|es}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061018233448/http://www.iafe.gov.ve/seccion.asp?pid=6 Nuevo Sistema Ferroviario de Venezuela] {{in lang|es}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy6_ikmNagQ Video of Barquisimeto and its surroundings] {{in lang|es}}
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