The Bejuma Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities

Municipalities of Venezuela

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 (municipio

Municipio

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s) that makes up the Venezuela

Venezuela

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n state of Carabobo

Carabobo

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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 45,306. The town of Bejuma

Bejuma

Bejuma is a small town in Carabobo State, Venezuela, seat of the Bejuma Municipality.- History :The town of Bejuma was founded in 1843 by the landowners of the "Fundo Bejuma" hacienda.- Economy :The economy of the region is based on agriculture...

 is the shire town

County seat

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 of the Bejuma Municipality.

Demographics

The Bejuma Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 45,306 (up from 39,945 in 2000). This amounts to 2% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 96.6 PD/sqkm.

Government

The mayor of the Bejuma Municipality is Lorenzo Remedios, re-elected on November 23, 2008 with 46% of the vote. The municipality is divided into three parish

Parish

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es; Bejuma, Canoabo, and Simón Bolívar.

External links

• bejuma-carabobo.gob.ve