Buroz Municipality

Buroz Municipality
Municipio Buroz
Location in Miranda
Buroz Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°19′56″N 66°07′23″W / 10.3322°N 66.1231°W / 10.3322; -66.1231
Country Venezuela
StateMiranda
Municipal seatMamporal
Government
 • MayorJohan Castro Palacios (PSUV)
Area
 • Total
257.8 km2 (99.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total
27,515
 • Density106.7/km2 (276.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)0234
WebsiteOfficial website

Buroz is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 27,515.[1] The town of Mamporal is the municipal seat of the Buroz Municipality.[2]

Demographics

Venezuela has not collected or reported complete population statistics since 2011.[3] In 2019, President Maduro directed the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela to conduct the census. [4] However, only about 16% of the population was counted.

Government

The mayor of the Buroz Municipality in 2004 was Ramón Gómez Serrano, re-elected on October 31 with 68% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into one parish (Mamporal).[7]

References

  1. ^ IXV Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda [XIV National Census of Population and Housing] (PDF) (in Spanish). Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, National Institute of Statistics. May 2014. p. 56. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  2. ^ "Alcaldía del Municipio Bolivariano Buroz". Alcaldias.com (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2025-11-04. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  3. ^ "Venezuela's New Trick For Killing Democracy: Make Official Statistics "Disappear"". Worldcrunch. 2023-06-22. Archived from the original on 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  4. ^ "The 2020 round of population and housing censuses in Latin America and the Caribbean amid the pandemic". repositorio.cepal.org. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  5. ^ "Alcalde de Municipio". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
  6. ^ "ELECCIONES 30 DE JULIO DE 2000, DIRECTORIO DE ALCALDES ELECTOS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2008-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • [1] buroz-miranda.gob.ve] (in Spanish)