Palavecino Municipality Municipio Palavecino
Municipality
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Location in Lara
Palavecino Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°59′00″N 69°13′48″W / 9.9833906°N 69.2300037°W / 9.9833906; -69.2300037
Country	Venezuela
State	Lara
Municipal seat	Cabudare
Government
• Mayor	Aura Contreras de Rivero (MVR)
Area
• Total	295.5 km2 (114.1 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	174,099
• Density	590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0251
Website	Official website
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The Palavecino Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 174,099.^[1] The town of Cabudare is the shire town of the Palavecino Municipality.^[2]

Demographics

The Palavecino Municipality, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 174,099 (up from 155,653 in 2007). This amounts to 9.8% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 353.76 inhabitants per square kilometre (916.2/sq mi).^[4]

Government

The mayor of the Palavecino Municipality is Mirla Vires, elected in 2017 with 64.85% of the vote and 59.23% abstention.^[5] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Cabudare, José Gregorio Bastidas, and Agua Viva .^[2]