Urdaneta Municipality Municipio Urdaneta
Municipality
Seal
Location in Aragua
Urdaneta Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°32′14″N 66°43′37″W / 9.5371047°N 66.7268385°W / 9.5371047; -66.7268385
Country	Venezuela
State	Aragua
Government
• Mayor	Sotero González (COPEI)
Area
• Total	2,035.3 km2 (785.8 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	21,271
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0246
Website	Official website
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Urdaneta is one of the 18 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 21,271.^[1] The town of Barbacoas is the shire town of the Urdaneta Municipality.^{[citation needed]}

Name

The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Urdaneta Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Rafael Urdaneta.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

The Urdaneta Municipality, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 21,271 (up from 18,734 in 2001). The municipality's population density is 10.51 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.2/sq mi).^[2]

Government

The mayor of the Urdaneta Municipality is Sotero González, re-elected in 2021, with 49.41% of the vote, after the previous mayor Antonio Lugo deceased.^[3][4] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Capital Urdaneta, Las Peñitas, San Francisco de Cara, and Taguay.^[5]