Tinaquillo Municipality

Tinaquillo Municipality Municipio Tinaquillo
Municipality
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Location in Cojedes
9°54′34″N 68°17′52″W / 9.9094°N 68.2978°W / 9.9094; -68.2978
Country	Venezuela
State	Cojedes
Municipal seat	Tinaquillo
Government
• Mayor	José Gonzalo Mujica Herrera
Area
• Total	684.6 km2 (264.3 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	97,687
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0258
Website	Official website
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The Tinaquillo Municipality (was known as Falcón Municipality before 2011) is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Cojedes and, according to a according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 97.687.^[1] The town of Tinaquillo is the municipal seat of the Tinaquillo Municipality.^{[citation needed]}

The Tinaquillo Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 90,773 (up from 74,872 in 2000). This amounts to 30.2% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 127.13 inhabitants per square kilometre (329.3/sq mi).^{[citation needed]}

The mayor of the Tinaquillo Municipality is José Gonzalo Mujica Herrera, elected on October 31, 2004 with 42% of the vote.^[2] He replaced Dimas Ramos shortly after the elections.^[3] The municipality is divided into one parish; Tinaquillo.^{[citation needed]}