The Iribarren Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that make 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 1,027,022.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls The City of Barquisimeto is the shire town of the Iribarren Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip
Demographics The Iribarren Municipality, according to a 2011 population census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 996,230 (up from 915,634 in 2000). This amounts to 56% 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 Iribarren Municipality is Alfredo Ramos, elected on December 8, 2013. The municipality is divided into 10 parishes; Catedral, Concepción, El Cují, Juan de Villegas, Santa Rosa, Tamaca, Unión, Aguedo Felipe Alvarado, Buena Vista, and Juárez.
References
External links iribarren-lara.gob.ve Nuevo Sistema Ferroviario de Venezuela Video of Barquisimeto and its surroundings