Municipio Gran Sabana | |
Native Name: | Municipio Gran Sabana |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 100px |
Seal Size: | 100px |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Gran Sabana Municipality within Venezuela |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Venezuela |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Bolívar |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Manuel E. De Jesús Valléz (MVR) |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 28450 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Established |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Timezone: | VET |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Area Code Type: | Area code(s) |
Area Code: | 0289 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
The Municipio Gran Sabana is one of the 11 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 28,450.[1] The town of Santa Elena de Uairén is the shire town of the Gran Sabana Municipality.[2]
The Gran Sabana Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 34,095 (up from 27,027 in 2000). This amounts to 2.2% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4] As of 2011, the Gran Sabana Municipality has amongst the highest proportion of indigenous people in the country, roughly 77.67%, the majority of which being Pemon.[5]
The mayor of the Gran Sabana Municipality is Emilio González, elected in the 2017 Venezuelan municipal elections.[6] He replaced Manuel Vallés shortly after the elections.[7] The municipality is divided into one (two if you count the Capital Gran Sabana section) parish (Ikabarú).