Crespo Municipality Municipio Crespo
Municipality
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Location in Lara
Crespo Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°19′08″N 69°09′30″W / 10.3189732°N 69.1582496°W / 10.3189732; -69.1582496
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]

Demographics

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]

Government

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