Roscio Municipality

The Roscio Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 21,750.^[1] The town of Guasipati is the shire town of the Roscio Municipality.^[2]

Roscio Municipality Municipio Roscio
Municipality
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Location in Bolívar
Roscio Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 7°11′57″N 62°00′24″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Bolívar
Municipal seat	Guasipati
Government
• Mayor	Manuel de Jesús González Marrero
Area
• Total	4,907.3 km2 (1,894.7 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	21,750
• Density	4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0288

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]

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]

See also

• Guasipati
• Bolívar
• Municipalities of Venezuela