The Anaco Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities

Municipalities of Venezuela

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 (municipio

Municipio

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s) that makes up the eastern Venezuela

Venezuela

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n state of Anzoátegui

Anzoátegui

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 and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 124,431.. The town of Anaco

Anaco

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 is the shire town

County seat

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 of the Anaco Municipality.

Economy

Anaco is an industrial town/municipality, connected to the natural gas

Natural gas

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 and petroleum

Petroleum

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 industries.

Demographics

The Anaco Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 124,431 (up from 106,720 in 2000). This amounts to 8.4% of the state's population.. The municipality's population density is 156.52 PD/sqkm.

Government

The mayor of the Anaco Municipality is Francisco Solorzano, elected on 23 November 2008 with 60% of the vote. He replaced Jacinto Romero Luna shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into two parish

Parish

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es; Capital Anaco and San Joaquín.

External links

• anaco-anzoategui.gob.ve