Bermúdez Municipality
Municipio Bermúdez
Municipality
Flag of Bermúdez Municipality
Flag
Official seal of Bermúdez Municipality
Seal
Location in Sucre
Location in Sucre
Map showing the location of Bermúdez Municipality within Venezuela
Map showing the location of Bermúdez Municipality within Venezuela
Bermúdez Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°40′20″N 63°14′25″W / 10.6722°N 63.2403°W / 10.6722; -63.2403
Country Venezuela
StateSucre
Municipal seatCarúpano
Government
 • MayorJulio Rodriguez (PSUV)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total165,675
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)0294

The Bermúdez Municipality is one of the fifteen municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Sucre and, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 165,675.[1] The city of Carúpano is the administrative centre for the Bermúdez Municipality.[2] The municipality was named for Venezuelan independence hero José Francisco Bermúdez.

History

It was somewhere on the Paria Peninsula, near Carúpano, where Christopher Columbus first set foot on the American continent for the only time, during his third voyage (in all his other trips he only explored the Caribbean islands).

Demographics

The Bermúdez Municipality, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 165,675 (up from 128,123 in 2000).[1] This amounts to 16.4% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 820 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,100/sq mi).

Government

The municipality is divided into five parishes; Bolívar, Macarapana, Santa Catalina, Santa Rosa, and Santa Teresa.[2] The elected office of mayor (alcalde) was established in 1990; however, the initial election was disputed. Carlos Monasterio was installed in 1990 and had served eighteen months when the court (Supreme Electoral Council) removed him, and established Juan Marquez Albornoz as the actual winner of the election.[4]

Mayors of the Bermúdez Municipality[4]
Name from to
Carlos Monasterio 19901992
Juan Marquez Albornoz 19921993
Leonardo Ávila 19931996
Arturo Hurtado 19962000
Claudio Marín Morales 20002004
José Ramón Regnault Hernández[5] 2004 2008
Julio Rodriguez[6] 2008 present

Notable natives

Famous Carupaneros include:

See also

References

  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bermudez". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  1. 1 2 "Cuadro P5. Estado Sucre. Proyecciones de población por año, según sexo y municipio, 2000 - 2011". Instituto Nacional de Estadística.
  2. 1 2 http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Sucre.zip%5B%5D
  3. ↑ http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/sucre/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5B%5D
  4. 1 2 "Alcaldía Bolivariana de Bermúdez: Reseña Historica (Bolivarian Mayor Bermudez: Historical Review)". Alcaldía Bolivariana de Bermúdez. Archived from the original on 7 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Alcalde de Municipio Bermudez". 2004. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Alcalde Julio Rodríguez inauguró Farmaintegral en el municipio Bermúdez (Mayor Julio Rodriguez inaugurated Farmaintegral in Bermúdez municipality)". Primicias24. 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 7 January 2013.
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