Crespo Municipality
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Crespo Municipality
Municipio Crespo | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Lara | |
.svg)  Crespo Municipality Location in Venezuela | |
| Coordinates: 10°19′08″N 69°09′30″W / 10.3189°N 69.1583°W | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| State | Lara |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Julio Garcés (PSUV) |
| Area | |
• Total | 759.2 km2 (293.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 49,958 |
| • Density | 65.80/km2 (170.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| Area code(s) | 0253 |
| Website | Official website |
The Crespo Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, as of the 2011 census, the municipality has a population of 49,958.[1]: 10 The town of Duaca is the shire town of the Crespo Municipality.[2]
The Crespo Municipality, according to a 2011 population census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 49,958 (up from 42,432 in 2001). This amounts to 2.8% of the state's population. [1] The municipality's population density is 56.93 inhabitants per square kilometre (147.4/sq mi).[3]
