Country Venezuela Time zone VST (UTC-4:30) Shiretown Barquisimeto | State Lara Website Official website Area code 0251 | |
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University Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica Points of interest Parque Zoológico y Botánico, Temático Bosque Macuto P, El Cardenalito del Este, ESTE Park, Barquisimeto Cathedral | ||
The Iribarren Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 1,027,022. The City of Barquisimeto is the shire town of the Iribarren Municipality.
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Map of Iribarren, Lara, Venezuela
Demographics
The Iribarren Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 1,027,022 (up from 915,634 in 2000). This amounts to 57.2% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 372.11 inhabitants per square kilometre (963.8/sq mi).
Government
The mayor of the Iribarren Municipality is Alfredo Ramos, elected on December 8, 2013. The municipality is divided into 10 parishes; Catedral, Concepción, El Cují, Juan de Villegas, Santa Rosa, Tamaca, Unión, Aguedo Felipe Alvarado, Buena Vista, and Juárez.