The Bermúdez Municipality is one of the fifteen municipalities ( municipios ) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Sucre and, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 165,675. The city of Carúpano is the administrative centre for the Bermúdez Municipality. The municipality was named for Venezuelan independence hero José Francisco Bermúdez .
5-661: It was somewhere on the Paria Peninsula , near Carúpano, where Christopher Columbus first set foot on the American continent for the only time, during his third voyage (in all his other trips he only explored the Caribbean islands). The Bermúdez Municipality, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 165,675 (up from 128,123 in 2000). This amounts to 16.4% of
10-556: The court (Supreme Electoral Council) removed him, and established Juan Marquez Albornoz as the actual winner of the election. Famous Carupaneros include: Paria Peninsula The Paria Peninsula ( Spanish : Península de Paria ) is a large peninsula on the Caribbean Sea , in the state of Sucre in northern Venezuela . Separating the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Paria ,
15-607: The interior of damp mature subtropical forest and cloudforest, and is also found at forest edges and in small clearings. In elevation it ranges from 500 to 1,200 m (1,600 to 3,900 ft). As a political subdivision, the Paria Region of the Paria Peninsula is the aggregation of six municipalities within Sucre State: 10°42′N 62°30′W / 10.7°N 62.5°W / 10.7; -62.5 This article about
20-520: The peninsula is part of the Serranía del Litoral mountain range, in the Venezuelan Coastal Range portion of the northern Andes . Its tip is within sight of the naked eye from the island of Trinidad . Península de Paria National Park protects a section of the peninsula. The Scissor-tailed hummingbird is an endangered hummingbird found only on the Paria Peninsula. It primarily inhabits
25-424: The state's population. The municipality's population density is 820 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,100/sq mi). The municipality is divided into five parishes ; Bolívar, Macarapana, Santa Catalina, Santa Rosa, and Santa Teresa. The elected office of mayor (alcalde) was established in 1990; however, the initial election was disputed. Carlos Monasterio was installed in 1990 and had served eighteen months when
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