San Mateo is a town in the eastern Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n Anzoátegui State. This town is the shire town

County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....

 of the Libertad Municipality

Libertad Municipality

Libertad Municipality may refer to the following places in the Venezuela:*Libertad Municipality, Anzoátegui*Libertad Municipality, Táchira...

 and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, the municipality has a population of 12,905.

Demographics

The Libertad Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 12,905 (up from 12,617 in 1990). This amounts to 1.1% of Anzoátegui's population.

Government

San Mateo is the shire town

County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....

of the Libertad Municipality in Anzoátegui. The mayor of the Libertad Municipality is Edgar Celestino Maestre M., elected in 2004 with 57% of the vote. He replaced Juan Carlos Guillent shortly after the last municipal elections in October 2004.

External links

• libertad-anzoategui.gob.ve