Pedernales Municipality Municipio Pedernales
Municipality
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Location in Delta Amacuro
Pedernales Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°43′09″N 62°07′33″W / 9.7190678°N 62.1259046°W / 9.7190678; -62.1259046
Country	Venezuela
State	Delta Amacuro
Municipal seat	Pedernales, Delta Amacuro
Government
• Mayor	Selgio Buanerges Ramírez (PASR)
Area
• Total	3,442.6 km2 (1,329.2 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	6,535
• Density	1.9/km2 (4.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0287
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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]

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.^[3] The municipality's population density is 1.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.8/sq mi).^[4]

Government

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).^[2]