| Pedernales Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Municipio Pedernales |
| 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 Pedernales Municipality within Venezuela |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300px |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Venezuela |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Delta Amacuro |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Selgio Buanerges Ramírez (PASR) |
| Population As Of: | 2007 |
| Population Total: | 6535 |
| 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: | 0287 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
The Pedernales Municipality is one of the four municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 6,535.[1] The town of Pedernales is the municipal seat of the Pedernales Municipality.[2]
The Pedernales District became the Pedernales Municipality in 1994.
The Pedernales Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 6,535 (up from 5,181 in 2000). This amounts to 4.2% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Pedernales Municipality is Selgio Buanerges Ramírez, elected on October 31, 2004, with 40% of the vote.[5] He replaced Cristobal Jimenez shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Pedernales and Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa (previous to February 25, 1995, the Pedernales Municipality contained only a single parish).