Padre Noguera Municipality


The Padre Noguera Municipality is one of the 23 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of
Mérida and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 3,028. The town of Santa María de Caparo is the shire town of the Padre Noguera Municipality.

History

On March 25, 1963, the Padre Noguera Municipality was founded within the Liberty District, and after December 3, 1964 changed its name to Liberty District Archbishop Chacon, now Arzobispo Chacón Municipality. In 1975, studies began to build a dam, and in 1980 the construction work flooded the area, forcing the evacuation of 20 of the 23 villages that existed in the town, leaving only the villages Florida, Vegón and the larger Tucupido Santa Maria of Caparo. The impact of hydroelectric development Camburito-Caparo was such that the extension of the county shrank from 319 km² to 206 km² due to flooding to keep the waters of the reservoir. On March 19, 1986, the municipality changed its name to Autonomous Municipality Padre Noguera.

Geography

The territory is divided into three areas due to water of the Caparo Dam. Part of the town is protected by the Tapo-Caparo National Park

Demographics

The Padre Noguera Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 3,028. This amounts to 0.36% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is.

Government

The mayor of the Padre Noguera Municipality is Alidio Josè Pérez Bustamante, elected on October 31, 2004 with 28% of the vote.
He replaced Albidio Torres shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into one parish.