Libertad Municipality | |
Native Name: | Municipio Libertad |
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 Libertad Municipality within Venezuela |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Venezuela |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Anzoátegui |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Edgar Celestino Maestre M. (PSUV) |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 14437 |
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: | 0282 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
The Libertad Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 14,437.[1] The town of San Mateo is the shire town of the Libertad Municipality.[2]
The Libertad Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 14,720 (up from 13,597 in 2000). This amounts to 1% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Libertad Municipality is Edgar Celestino Maestre M., re-elected November 23, 2008 with 58% of the vote.[5] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Capital Libertad, El Carito, and Santa Inés.