Roscio
—  Municipality  —
Municipio Roscio
Location in Bolívar
Country	Venezuela
State	Bolívar
Shiretown	Guasipati
Government
- Mayor	Manuel de Jesús González Marrero
Area
- Total	6,182 km2 (2,386.9 sq mi)
Population (2007)
- Total	23,957
- Density	3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s)	0288
Website	Official website

The Roscio Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 23,957.^[1] The town of Guasipati is the shire town of the Roscio Municipality.^[2]

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Government 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Demographics

The Roscio Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 23,957 (up from 19,777 in 2000). This amounts to 1.6% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 3.88 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.0 /sq mi).^[4]

[edit] Government

The mayor of the Roscio Municipality is Manuel de Jesús González Marrero, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 51% of the vote.^[5][6] The municipality is divided into one (two if you count the Capital Roscio section) parishes; Salom.^[2]

[edit] See also

• Guasipati
• Bolívar
• Municipalities of Venezuela

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• roscio-bolivar.gob.ve (Spanish)

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