Benítez Municipality
Benítez Municipality
Municipio Benítez | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Sucre | |
  Benítez Municipality Location in Venezuela | |
| Coordinates: 10°33′06″N 63°09′36″W / 10.5517°N 63.16°W | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| State | Sucre |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
Benítez[1] is the largest of the 15 municipalities of Sucre State, Venezuela. It is in the southeast of that state, and has an area of 2,733 km² and a population of 40,170 inhabitants (2011 census). Its capital is El Pilar.
The municipality is composed of six parishes; El Pilar, El Rincón, Francisco A. Vásquez, Guaraunos, Tunapuicito, and Unión.
Geography
The municipality is in the southeastern part of the state off the coast of the Gulf of Paria in the Venezuelan Sea. Among the protected areas are the Guarapiche Forest Reserve, declared in 1961, and the Turuépano National Park.
It is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Arismendi and Bermúdez, to the east by the municipality of Libertador and the Gulf of Paria, to the south by the state of Monagas and to the west by the municipalities of Andrés Eloy Blanco and Andrés Mata.
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230324042920/http://www.ine.gov.ve/documentos/AspectosFisicos/DivisionpoliticoTerritorial/pdf/DPTconFinesEstadisticosOperativa2013.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
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