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The Río Negro Municipality (Spanish: Municipio Río Negro) is one of the seven municipalities (municipios) that makes up the southern Venezuelan state of Amazonas and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 2,300.[1] The town of San Carlos de Río Negro is the shire town of the Río Negro Municipality.[2]

Río Negro Municipality Municipio Río Negro
Municipality
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Location in Amazonas
Río Negro Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 1°34′12″N 65°57′15″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Amazonas
Municipal seat	San Carlos de Río Negro
Government
• Mayor	Luis Alirio Avaristo (NRA)
Area
• Total	39,150 km2 (15,120 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,300
• Density	0.059/km2 (0.15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0248
Website	Official website
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History

The town of San Carlos de Río Negro was founded in 1759 around a mounted camp by the expedition captained by José Solano that moved to that area in the extent of the works of exploration of the limits between the Crowns of Portugal and Spain requested by the Treaty of Madrid. José Solano set up his exploration base in that place, in the margins of the Rio Negro, and there he settled with the few men that had survived the ascent along the Orinoco River, since most, including the famous Swedish botanist Pehr Löfling that accompanied the expedition, they had succumbed prey of the tropical diseases, especially the yellow fever.

San Carlos de Río Negro was visited from May 7 to May 10, 1800, for the expedition of Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland, constituting the most southern point of their (périplo) for the Amazon Basin.

Demographics

The Río Negro Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 2,660 (up from 2,314 in 2000). This amounts to 1.9% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 0.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (0.26/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Río Negro Municipality is Luis Alirio Avaristo, elected on October 31, 2004, with 37% of the vote. Avaristo had been serving as the acting mayor of the Río Negro Municipality since August 13, 2002, following the resignation of Pedro Zerpa.[5][6] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Capital Río Negro, Solano, Casiquiare, and Cocuy (previous to December 18, 1997, the Río Negro Municipality contained only a single parish).[2]

See also

• San Carlos de Río Negro
• Amazonas
• Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

• rionegro-amazonas.gob.ve (in Spanish)
• San Carlos de Río Negro (in Spanish)

На других языках

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- [en] Río Negro Municipality

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[es] Municipio Río Negro

El Municipio Autónomo Río Negro[4] es uno de los siete municipios en los que se divide administrativamente el estado Amazonas. La capital es la localidad fronteriza con Colombia de San Carlos de Río Negro. Posee una superficie de 39.150 km²[1] y una población de 3.234 habitantes según el INE 2011.[2]

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