Bermúdez Municipality
Bermúdez Municipality
Municipio Bermúdez | |
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Location in Sucre | |
| Coordinates: 10°40′20″N 63°14′25″W / 10.6722°N 63.2403°W | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| State | Sucre |
| Municipal seat | Carúpano |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Julio Rodriguez (PSUV) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 165,675 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| Area code(s) | 0294 |
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The Bermúdez Municipality is one of the fifteen municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Sucre and, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 165,675. The city of Carúpano is the administrative centre for the Bermúdez Municipality. The municipality was named for Venezuelan independence hero José Francisco Bermúdez.