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Municipality in Lara, Venezuela

Crespo Municipality Municipio Crespo
Municipality
Flag of Crespo MunicipalityFlagOfficial seal of Crespo MunicipalitySeal
Location in LaraLocation in Lara
Map showing the location of Crespo Municipality within VenezuelaMap showing the location of Crespo Municipality within VenezuelaCrespo MunicipalityLocation in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°19′08″N 69°09′30″W / 10.3189°N 69.1583°W / 10.3189; -69.1583
Country Venezuela
State Lara
Government
• Mayor Miguel Valecillos Paul (MVR)
Area
• Total 759.2 km2 (293.1 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total 49,958
• Density 66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s) 0253
Website Official website
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The Crespo Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, as of the 2011 census, the municipality has a population of 49,958.[1]: 10 The town of Duaca is the shire town of the Crespo Municipality.[2]

The Crespo Municipality, according to a 2011 population census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 49,958 (up from 42,432 in 2001). This amounts to 2.8% of the state's population. [1] The municipality's population density is 56.93 inhabitants per square kilometre (147.4/sq mi).[3]

The mayor of the Crespo Municipality is Miguel Valecillos Paul, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 83% of the vote.[4][5] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Fréitez and José María Blanco .[1]: 44

  1. ^ a b c XIV Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda: Resultados por Entidad Federal y Municipio del Estado Lara (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística, República Bolivariana de Venezuela. December 2014.
  2. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip [_permanent dead link_‍]
  3. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls [_permanent dead link_‍]
  4. ^ "Alcalde de Municipio: Crespo".
  5. ^ "Elecciones 30 de Julio de 2000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.