The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 49,812.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls The town of Sanare is the county seat of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan poet Andrés Eloy Blanco.
Demographics The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, according to a 2011 population census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 47,245 (up from 43,194 in 2000). This amounts to 2.8% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
Government The mayor of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is Alfredo Antonio Orozco, elected on October 31, 2004, with 64% of the vote. He replaced Daniel Quiñonez shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into three parishes; Pío Tamayo, Quebrada Honda de Guache, and Yacambú.
Administrative divisions
There are 3 (Spanish for parishes):
Quebrada Honda de Guache
Pío Tamayo
Yacambú
References
External links andreseloyblanco.gob.ve