Bolívar Municipality, Táchira
Municipality in Táchira, Venezuela
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Bolívar Municipality is one of the 29 municipalities that makes up the western Venezuelan state of Táchira and, according to a 2019 population projection by the Venezuelan Statistics National Institute, the municipality has a population of 66,081. The city of San Antonio del Táchira is the municipal seat of the Bolívar Municipality.
Bolívar Municipality
Municipio Bolívar | |
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Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Táchira | |
  Bolívar Municipality Location in Venezuela | |
| Coordinates: 7°46′26″N 72°25′29″W | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| State | Táchira |
| Municipal seat | San Antonio del Táchira |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sandra Sánchez Prada (PSUV) |
| Area | |
• Total | 178.8 km2 (69.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 -> 2019 projection) | |
• Total | 62,923 -> 66,081 |
| • Density | 351.9/km2 (911.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| Area code(s) | 0276 |
| Website | Official website |
Name
The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Bolívar Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar.[1]
Demographics
Based on the 2011 Venezuelan census, The population of the Bolívar Municipality was 62,923 people, accounting for 5.25% of the total population of the state of Táchira.[2] The majority (74.7%) of the municipality's population is in the city San Antonio del Táchira, the municipal seat.[3]
By June 2019, official projections from the Venezuelan Statistics National Institute estimated the population of Bolívar as 66,081 people, representing an annual growth rate of 0.61% since 2011 and showing a population density of 323.9 inhabitants/km². However, these projections do not account for the impact of emigration linked to the country's recent economic and political circumstances.[4]
The gender distribution of the population was 49.4% men (30,431) and 50.6% women (31,199). The age distribution showed that the largest segment of the population was aged 15 to 64, comprising 67.9% of the people. Younger people aged 0 to 14 made up 26.3% of the population, while those aged 65 and older accounted for 5.8%. The municipality is mostly urbanized, with 91.3% of inhabitants (56,289) living in urban centers compared to just 8.7% (5,341) in rural areas.[4]
Ethnically, the municipality identified as predominantly White people (49.9%) and Mestizo (42.2%). Minority groups included 1.1% Afro-Venezuelans and 6.8% belonging to other ethnic groups. The literacy rate was 96.5%, with 1,810 inhabitants of Bolívar not able to read or write.[4]
Government
The mayor of the Bolívar Municipality is Sandra Sánchez Prada of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), who was elected in November 2021 and sworn-in the following month as the first female mayor of the municipality.[5] The municipality is divided into five parishes: Bolívar, Angarita, Palotal, Isaías Medina, and Juan Vicente Gómez.[6]