Bermúdez Municipality


The Bermúdez Municipality is one of the fifteen municipalities 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.

History

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.

Demographics

The Bermúdez Municipality, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 165,675. This amounts to 16.4% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is.

Government

The municipality is divided into five parishes; Bolívar, Macarapana, Santa Catalina, Santa Rosa, and Santa Teresa. The elected office of mayor was established in 1990; however, the initial election was disputed. Carlos Monasterio was installed in 1990 and had served eighteen months when the court removed him, and established Juan Marquez Albornoz as the actual winner of the election.
Namefromto
Carlos Monasterio19901992
Juan Marquez Albornoz19921993
Leonardo Ávila19931996
Arturo Hurtado19962000
Claudio Marín Morales20002004
José Ramón Regnault Hernández20042008
Julio Rodriguez2008present

Notable natives

Famous Carupaneros include: