Buroz Municipality

Buroz Municipality
Municipio Buroz
Location in Miranda
Location in Miranda
Map showing the location of Buroz Municipality within Venezuela
Map showing the location of Buroz Municipality within Venezuela
Buroz Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°19′56″N 66°07′23″W / 10.3322°N 66.1231°W / 10.3322; -66.1231
Country Venezuela
StateMiranda
Municipal seatMamporal
Government
 • MayorJohan Castro Palacios (PSUV)
Area
 • Total
257.8 km2 (99.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total
27,515
 • Density106.7/km2 (276.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)0234
WebsiteOfficial website

Buroz is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 27,515.[1] The town of Mamporal is the municipal seat of the Buroz Municipality.[2]

Demographics

Venezuela has not collected or reported complete population statistics since 2011.[3] In 2019, President Maduro directed the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela to conduct the census. [4] However, only about 16% of the population was counted.

Government

The mayor of the Buroz Municipality in 2004 was Ramón Gómez Serrano, re-elected on October 31 with 68% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into one parish (Mamporal).[7]

References

  1. ^ IXV Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda [XIV National Census of Population and Housing] (PDF) (in Spanish). Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, National Institute of Statistics. May 2014. p. 56. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  2. ^ "Alcaldía del Municipio Bolivariano Buroz". Alcaldias.com (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2025-11-04. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  3. ^ "Venezuela's New Trick For Killing Democracy: Make Official Statistics "Disappear"". Worldcrunch. 2023-06-22. Archived from the original on 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  4. ^ "The 2020 round of population and housing censuses in Latin America and the Caribbean amid the pandemic". repositorio.cepal.org. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  5. ^ "Alcalde de Municipio". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
  6. ^ "ELECCIONES 30 DE JULIO DE 2000, DIRECTORIO DE ALCALDES ELECTOS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2008-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • [1] buroz-miranda.gob.ve] (in Spanish)