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.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls The town of Pedernales is the municipal seat of the Pedernales Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Deltaamacuro.zip
History The Pedernales District became the Pedernales Municipality in 1994.
Demographics 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.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls The municipality's population density is .http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
Government The mayor of the Pedernales Municipality is Selgio Buanerges Ramírez, elected on October 31, 2004, with 40% of the vote. He replaced Cristobal Jimenez shortly after the elections. 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).
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