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The Ayacucho Municipality is one of the 29 municipalities that makes up the western Venezuelan state of Táchira and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 60,454. The town of Colón is the shiretown of the Ayacucho Municipality.
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Map of Ayacucho, T%C3%A1chira, Venezuela
Demographics
The Ayacucho Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 60,454 (up from 50,992 in 2000). This amounts to 5.1% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 119.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (308.8/sq mi).
Government
The mayor of the Ayacucho Municipality is Gabino Paz Guerrero, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 47% of the vote. The municipality is divided into three parishes; Ayacucho, Rivas Berti, San Pedro del Río.