12-566: The Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities ( municipios ) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 37,829. The town of Lechería is the shire town of the Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality. The municipality is named for
24-6559: A metropolitan area; the rest of the city is covered by four adjacent municipalities in Miranda state: Baruta, Chacao, el Hatillo and Sucre ) Amazonas [ edit ] Alto Orinoco ( La Esmeralda ) Atabapo ( San Fernando de Atabapo ) Atures ( Puerto Ayacucho ) Autana ( Isla Ratón ) Manapiare ( San Juan de Manapiare ) Maroa ( Maroa ) Río Negro ( San Carlos de Río Negro ) Anzoátegui [ edit ] Anaco ( Anaco ) Aragua ( Aragua de Barcelona ) Diego Bautista Urbaneja ( Lechería ) Fernando de Peñalver ( Puerto Píritu ) Francisco del Carmen Carvajal ( Valle de Guanape ) Francisco de Miranda ( Pariaguán ) Guanta ( Guanta ) Independencia ( Soledad ) José Gregorio Monagas ( Mapire ) Juan Antonio Sotillo ( Puerto la Cruz ) Juan Manuel Cajigal ( Onoto ) Libertad ( San Mateo ) Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual ( Clarines ) Pedro María Freites ( Cantaura ) Píritu ( Píritu ) San José de Guanipa ( San José de Guanipa / El Tigrito ) San Juan de Capistrano ( Boca de Uchire ) Santa Ana ( Santa Ana ) Simón Bolívar ( Barcelona ) Simón Rodríguez ( El Tigre ) Sir Artur McGregor ( El Chaparro ) Apure [ edit ] Achaguas ( Achaguas ) Biruaca ( Biruaca ) Muñoz ( Bruzual ) Páez ( Guasdualito ) Pedro Camejo ( San Juan de Payara ) Rómulo Gallegos ( Elorza ) San Fernando ( San Fernando de Apure ) Aragua [ edit ] Bolívar ( San Mateo ) Camatagua ( Camatagua ) Francisco Linares Alcántara ( Santa Rita ) Girardot ( Maracay ) José Angel Lamas ( Santa Cruz ) José Félix Ribas ( La Victoria ) José Rafael Revenga ( El Consejo ) Libertador ( Palo Negro ) Mario Briceño Iragorry ( El Limón ) Ocumare de la Costa de Oro ( Ocumare de la Costa ) San Casimiro ( San Casimiro ) San Sebastián ( San Sebastián ) Santiago Mariño ( Turmero ) Santos Michelena ( Las Tejerías ) Sucre ( Cagua ) Tovar ( Colonia Tovar ) Urdaneta ( Barbacoas ) Zamora ( Villa de Cura ) Barinas [ edit ] Alberto Arvelo Torrealba ( Sabaneta ) Andrés Eloy Blanco ( El Cantón ) Antonio José de Sucre ( Socopó ) Arismendi ( Arismendi ) Barinas ( Barinas ) Bolívar ( Barinitas ) Cruz Paredes ( Barrancas ) Ezequiel Zamora ( Santa Bárbara ) Obispos ( Obispos ) Pedraza ( Ciudad Bolivia ) Rojas ( Libertad ) Sosa ( Ciudad de Nutrias ) Bolívar [ edit ] Caroní ( Ciudad Guayana ) Cedeño ( Caicara del Orinoco ) El Callao ( El Callao ) Gran Sabana ( Santa Elena de Uairén ) Heres ( Ciudad Bolívar ) Padre Pedro Chien ( El Palmar ) Piar ( Upata ) Raúl Leoni ( Ciudad Piar ) Roscio ( Guasipati ) Sifontes ( Tumeremo ) Sucre ( Maripa ) Carabobo [ edit ] Bejuma ( Bejuma ) Carlos Arvelo ( Güigüe ) Diego Ibarra ( Mariara ) Guacara ( Guacara ) Juan José Mora ( Morón ) Libertador ( Tocuyito ) Los Guayos ( Los Guayos ) Miranda ( Miranda ) Montalbán ( Montalbán ) Naguanagua ( Naguanagua ) Puerto Cabello ( Puerto Cabello ) San Diego ( San Diego ) San Joaquín ( San Joaquín ) Valencia ( Valencia ) Cojedes [ edit ] Anzoátegui ( Cojedes ) Falcón ( Tinaquillo ) Girardot ( El Baúl ) Lima Blanco ( Macapo ) Pao de San Juan Bautista ( El Pao ) Ricaurte ( Libertad ) Rómulo Gallegos ( Las Vegas ) San Carlos ( San Carlos ) Tinaco ( Tinaco ) Delta Amacuro [ edit ] Antonio Díaz ( Curiapo ) Casacoima ( Sierra Imataca ) Pedernales ( Pedernales ) Tucupita ( Tucupita ) Falcón [ edit ] Acosta ( San Juan de los Cayos ) Bolívar ( San Luis ) Buchivacoa ( Capatárida ) Cacique Manaure ( Yaracal ) Carirubana ( Punto Fijo ) Colina ( La Vela de Coro ) Dabajuro ( Dabajuro ) Democracia ( Pedregal ) Falcón Municipality, Falcón ( Pueblo Nuevo ) Federación ( Churuguara ) Jacura ( Jacura ) Los Taques ( Santa Cruz de Los Taques ) Mauroa ( Mene de Mauroa ) Miranda ( Santa Ana de Coro ) Monseñor Iturriza ( Chichiriviche ) Palmasola ( Palmasola ) Petit ( Cabure ) Píritu ( Píritu ) San Francisco Municipality, Falcón ( Mirimire ) Silva ( Tucacas ) Sucre ( La Cruz de Taratara ) Tocopero ( Tocopero ) Unión ( Santa Cruz de Bucaral ) Urumaco ( Urumaco ) Zamora ( Puerto Cumarebo ) Guárico [ edit ] Camaguán ( Camaguán ) Chaguaramas ( Chaguaramas ) El Socorro ( El Socorro ) Francisco de Miranda ( Calabozo ) José Félix Ribas ( Tucupido ) José Tadeo Monagas ( Altagracia de Orituco ) Juan Germán Roscio ( San Juan de los Morros ) Julián Mellado ( El Sombrero ) Las Mercedes ( Las Mercedes del Llano ) Leonardo Infante ( Valle de la Pascua ) Ortiz ( Ortiz ) Pedro Zaraza ( Zaraza ) San Gerónimo de Guayabal ( Guayabal ) San José de Guaribe ( San José de Guaribe ) Santa María de Ipire ( Santa María de Ipire ) Lara [ edit ] Andrés Eloy Blanco ( Sanare ) Crespo ( Duaca ) Iribarren ( Barquisimeto ) Jiménez ( Quíbor ) Morán ( El Tocuyo ) Palavecino ( Cabudare ) Simón Planas ( Sarare ) Torres ( Carora ) Urdaneta ( Siquisique ) Mérida [ edit ] Alberto Adriani ( El Vigía ) Andrés Bello ( La Azulita ) Antonio Pinto Salinas ( Santa Cruz de Mora ) Aricagua ( Aricagua ) Arzobispo Chacón ( Canagua ) Campo Elías ( Ejido ) Caracciolo Parra Olmedo ( Tucaní ) Cardenal Quintero ( Santo Domingo ) Guaraque ( Guaraque ) Julio César Salas ( Arapuey ) Justo Briceño ( Torondoy ) Libertador ( Mérida ) Miranda ( Timotes ) Obispo Ramos de Lora ( Santa Elena de Arenales ) Padre Noguera ( Santa María de Caparo ) Pueblo Llano ( Pueblo Llano ) Rangel ( Mucuchíes ) Rivas Dávila ( Bailadores ) Santos Marquina ( Tabay ) Sucre ( Lagunillas ) Tovar ( Tovar ) Tulio Febres Cordero ( Nueva Bolivia ) Zea ( Zea ) Miranda [ edit ] Acevedo ( Caucagua ) Andrés Bello ( San José de Barlovento ) Baruta ( Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Baruta ), part of
36-945: Is Manuel Ferreira G , elected on 10 December 2017. He replaced Gustavo Marcano shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into two parishes; Lechería and El Morro (previous to 27 June 1995, the Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality contained only a single parish). Municipalities of Venezuela Subdivisions of the States of Venezuela [REDACTED] This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . Find sources: "Municipalities of Venezuela" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( December 2009 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Municipalities of Venezuela are subdivisions of
48-628: Is on Wikidata Administrative divisions of Venezuela Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados) , 1 Capital District (Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Dependencias Federales de Ultramar) that consist of numerous Venezuelan islands. These administrative divisions are grouped into regions . Prior to the Federal War (1859–1863), Venezuela was divided into provinces rather than states. The victorious forces were supposed to grant more autonomy to
60-580: The Barcelona - Cumaná route (the fort was completed in 1799 and is located on the Cerro el Morro). Later, in 1817 during the Venezuelan War of Independence , Simón Bolívar briefly occupied the fort and then, in 1819, the fort was captured by General Rafael Urdaneta and his men. By the middle of the 19th century, the region was developed into a big goat milk producer in order to meet the needs of
72-595: The States of Venezuela . There are 335 municipalities dividing the 23 states and the Capital District . [REDACTED] The 335 municipalities in Venezuela (Esequibo not included) Municipalities and their seats by federal entity [ edit ] Capital District [ edit ] Libertador Bolivarian Municipality ( Caracas Libertador covers about half of the city of Caracas, officially
84-423: The end of the 1990s. The Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 26,265 (up from 22,177 in 2000). This amounts to 1.8% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 2,188.75 inhabitants per square kilometre (5,668.8/sq mi). The mayor of the Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality
96-567: The growing population of Barcelona. From this moment on, the town became known as Lechería. Later, a major fishing industry was also developed. On 12 September 1967, Daniel Octavio Camejo founded the Compañía Anónima para el Desarrollo de la Zona Turística de Oriente (CAZTOR) with the intention to develop tourism in the region on a grand scale, resulting in major construction projects to commence. Its strategic location between Barcelona and Puerto la Cruz accelerated its growth toward
108-674: The independence hero Diego Bautista Urbaneja . The town of Lechería was founded as San Miguel de Neverí in 1535, but resistance from native groups, among them being the Cumanagotos, caused the town to be abandoned one year later by the Spaniards. The current town of Lechería made its prominence after the Spanish Crown ordered the construction of the Fortín de la Magdalena fort in order to prevent pirate attacks on sailors that took
120-610: The individual states, but this was not implemented. Between 1863 and the early 1900s, there were numerous territorial changes, including the merger and splitting of states. Thereafter, until the late 1990s, the states were left unchanged. Recent years have seen the creation of three new states: Delta Amacuro , Amazonas , and Vargas (in that order). Venezuelan states are subdivided into " municipalities " ( Spanish municipios ), which may correspond to either or both of county and city in English -speaking countries. Municipios are
132-620: The metropolitan area of Caracas Brión ( Higuerote ) Buroz ( Mamporal ) Carrizal ( Carrizal ) Chacao ( Chacao ), part of the metropolitan area of Caracas Cristóbal Rojas ( Charallave ) El Hatillo ( El Hatillo ), part of the metropolitan area of Caracas Guaicaipuro ( Los Teques ) Independencia ( Santa Teresa del Tuy ) Lander ( Ocumare del Tuy ) Los Salias ( San Antonio de los Altos ) Páez ( Río Chico ) Paz Castillo ( Santa Lucía ) Pedro Gual ( Cúpira ) Plaza ( Guarenas ) Simón Bolívar ( San Francisco de Yare ) Sucre ( Petare ), part of
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#1732801322561144-5779: The metropolitan area of Caracas Urdaneta ( Cúa ) Zamora ( Guatire ) Monagas [ edit ] Acosta ( San Antonio de Capayacuar ) Aguasay ( Aguasay ) Bolívar ( Caripito ) Caripe ( Caripe ) Cedeño ( Caicara de Maturín ) Ezequiel Zamora ( Punta de Mata ) Libertador ( Temblador ) Maturín ( Maturín ) Piar ( Aragua de Maturín ) Punceres ( Quiriquire ) Santa Bárbara ( Santa Bárbara ) Sotillo ( Barrancas del Orinoco ) Uracoa ( Uracoa ) Nueva Esparta [ edit ] Antolín del Campo ( Plaza Paraguachi ) Arismendi ( La Asunción ) Díaz ( San Juan Bautista ) García ( El Valle del Espíritu Santo ) Gómez ( Santa Ana ) Maneiro ( Pampatar ) Marcano ( Juan Griego ) Mariño ( Porlamar ) Macanao Peninsula ( Boca del Río ) Tubores ( Punta de Piedras ) Villalba ( San Pedro de Coche ) Portuguesa [ edit ] Agua Blanca ( Agua Blanca ) Araure ( Araure ) Esteller ( Píritu ) Guanare ( Guanare ) Guanarito ( Guanarito ) Monseñor José Vicente de Unda ( Paraíso de Chabasquén ) Ospino ( Ospino ) Páez ( Acarigua ) Papelón ( Papelon ) San Genaro de Boconoito ( Boconoito ) San Rafael de Onoto ( San Rafael de Onoto ) Santa Rosalía ( El Playón ) Sucre ( Biscucuy ) Turén ( Villa Bruzual ) Sucre [ edit ] Andrés Eloy Blanco ( Casanay ) Andrés Mata ( San José de Aerocuar ) Arismendi ( Río Caribe ) Benítez ( El Pilar ) Bermúdez ( Carúpano ) Bolívar ( Marigüitar ) Cajigal ( Yaguaraparo ) Cruz Salmerón Acosta ( Araya ) Libertador ( Tunapuy ) Mariño ( Irapa ) Mejía ( San Antonio del Golfo ) Montes ( Cumanacoa ) Ribero ( Cariaco ) Sucre ( Cumaná ) Valdez ( Güiria ) Táchira [ edit ] Andres Bello ( Cordero ) Antonio Romulo Costa ( Las Mesas ) Ayacucho ( Colon ) Bolívar ( San Antonio del Táchira ) Cardenas ( Táriba ) Cordoba ( Santa Ana del Tachira ) Fernandez Feo ( San Rafael del Piñal ) Francisco de Miranda ( San Jose de Bolivar ) Garcia de Hevia ( La Fria ) Guasimos ( Palmira ) Independencia ( Capacho Nuevo ) Jauregui ( La Grita ) Jose Maria Vargas ( El Cobre ) Junín ( Rubio ) Libertad ( Capacho Viejo ) Libertador ( Abejales ) Lobatera ( Lobatera ) Michelena ( Michelena ) Panamericano ( Coloncito ) Pedro Maria Ureña ( Ureña ) Rafael Urdaneta ( Delicias ) Samuel Dario Maldonado ( La Tendida ) San Cristobal ( San Cristóbal ) San Judas Tadeo ( Umuquena ) Seboruco ( Seboruco ) Simón Rodríguez ( San Simon ) Sucre ( Queniquea ) Torbes (San Josecito) Uribante ( Pregonero ) Trujillo [ edit ] Andrés Bello ( Santa Isabel ) Boconó ( Boconó ) Bolívar ( Sabana Grande ) Candelaria ( Chejendé ) Carache ( Carache ) Escuque ( Escuque ) José Felipe Márquez Cañizales ( El Paradero ) José Vicente Campo Elías ( Campo Elías ) La Ceiba ( Santa Apolonia ) Miranda ( El Dividive ) Monte Carmelo ( Monte Carmelo ) Motatán ( Motatán ) Pampán ( Pampán ) Pampanito (Pampanito) Rafael Rangel ( Betijoque ) San Rafael de Carvajal ( Carvajal ) Sucre ( Sabana de Mendoza ) Trujillo ( Trujillo ) Urdaneta ( La Quebrada ) Valera ( Valera ) Vargas [ edit ] Vargas ( La Guaira ) Yaracuy [ edit ] Aristides Bastidas ( San Pablo ) Bolivar ( Aroa ) Bruzual ( Chivacoa ) Cocorote ( Cocorote ) Independencia ( Independencia ) Jose Antonio Paez ( Sabana de Parra ) La Trinidad ( Boraure ) Manuel Monge ( Yumare ) Nirgua ( Nirgua ) Peña ( Yaritagua ) San Felipe ( San Felipe ) Sucre ( Guama ) Urachiche ( Urachiche ) Veroes ( Farriar ). Zulia [ edit ] Almirante Padilla ( El Toro ) Baralt ( San Timoteo, Venezuela [ es ] ) Cabimas ( Cabimas ) Catatumbo ( Encontrados ) Colón ( San Carlos del Zulia ) Francisco Javier Pulgar ( Pueblo Nuevo / El Chivo) Jesús Enrique Lossada ( La Concepción ) Jesús María Semprún ( Casigua el Cubo ) La Cañada de Urdaneta ( Concepción ) Lagunillas ( Ciudad Ojeda ) Machiques de Perijá ( Machiques ) Mara ( San Rafael del Moján ) Maracaibo ( Maracaibo ) Miranda ( Los Puertos de Altagracia ) Páez ( Sinamaica ) Rosario de Perijá ( La Villa del Rosario ) San Francisco ( San Francisco ) Santa Rita ( Santa Rita ) Simón Bolívar ( Tía Juana ) Sucre ( Bobures ) Valmore Rodríguez ( Bachaquero ) References [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Municipalities in Venezuela . v t e Articles on second-level administrative divisions of South American countries Argentina departments partidos Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela Table of administrative country subdivisions by country Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Municipalities_of_Venezuela&oldid=1220916707 " Categories : Municipalities of Venezuela Lists of administrative divisions Subdivisions of Venezuela Second-level administrative divisions by country Venezuela geography-related lists Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles lacking sources from December 2009 All articles lacking sources Commons category link
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