Angostura Municipality, Bolívar

Angostura Municipality (also Bolivariano Angostura, prior to June 2009 called Raúl Leoni Municipality) is one of the eleven municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 40,927. The town of Ciudad Piar is the administrative seat of Angostura Municipality. The municipality was formerly named for the Venezuelan president Raúl Leoni, who served 1964 to 1969.

Angostura Municipality
Municipio Angostura
Municipality
Location in Bolívar
Angostura Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 5°48′02″N 63°08′55″W
Country Venezuela
StateBolívar
Municipal seatCiudad Piar
Government
  MayorGilberto Antonio Villarroel Carvajal (PPT)
Area
  Total57,337.2 km2 (22,138.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total40,927
  Density0.71/km2 (1.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)0285
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