Cacique Manaure Municipality is one of the 25 municipalities that make up the Falcón State of Venezuela. Its seat of government is located in Yaracal. The municipality has an area of 190 square kilometers, and a population of 11,299 as of the year 2019. It has only one parish.
The municipality owes its name to Cacique Manaure, the chief of the Caquetio people who inhabited the area at the time of colonization of the Americas. He was later baptized in 1527.
Cacique Manaure Municipality was part of the Acosta District until 1993.
Geography The municipality is located in the eastern part of Falcón, in a flat region formed by the depression of the Tocuyo River. It shares a border with San Francisco in the north, Acosta in the east, Monseñor Iturriza in the south, and Jacura in the west. It has an average elevation of 44 meters above the sea level.
Politic and government
Mayors PeriodMayorPolitical Party / AlliancePercent of votesNote1989 - 1992Castor Oriol López DelmoralCOPEI64.50First mayor under direct elections1992 - 1995Castor Oriol López DelmoralCOPEI65.86Reelected1995 - 2000Ali HernandezCOPEIN/ASecond mayor under direct elections2000 - 2004Ángel HenríquezAD30.56Third mayor under direct elections2004 - 2008Ángel HenríquezAD53.16Reelected2008 - 2013Dimaris de HenríquezAD39.77Fourth mayor under direct elections2013 - 2017Francisco BarlettaPSUV45.77Fifth mayor under direct elections2017 - 2021luis UlacioPSUV77.97Sixth mayor under direct elections2021 - 2025Ángel HenríquezMUD68.61Seventh mayor under direct elections
City Council Period of 1989 - 1992 Councilors:Political parties / AllianceDilme RodríguezCOPEIJuan CaraballoCOPEIDorcas de MeléndezCOPEIAntonio SalasADNelly Cordero de HenriquezAD Period of 1992 - 1995 Councilors:Political parties / AllianceJuan CaraballoCOPEINelly Cordero de HenriquezCOPEIArgenis ArteagaCOPEIJulio ChirinosADRafael SánchezMAS Period of 1995 - 2000 Councilors:Political parties / AllianceJuan CaraballoCOPEIOrson Alian UscateguiCOPEIArgenis ArteagaCOPEISaul Alberto PereiraADNelly MujicaCONVERGENCIA Period of 2013 - 2018 CouncilorsPolitical parties / AllianceCésar PeñaPSUVJosé VargasPSUVCarlos GarcíaPSUVGustavo LadinoPSUVJosé MolinaMAS Period of 2018 - 2021 CouncilorsPolitical parties / AllianceEmily LópezPSUVGustavo LadinoPSUVJosé VargasPSUVAndres FoncecaPSUVYorki AguilarPSUV Period of 2021 - 2025 CouncilorsPolitical parties / AllianceJuan EscubinaMUDTatiana ReyesMUDNancy VelazquezMUDAlonso RodríguezMUDNorquis LadinoPSUV
See also
Municipalities of Venezuela Falcón Venezuela
References