title: Pedro Zaraza Municipality
text: # Pedro Zaraza Municipality
  
  The Pedro Zaraza Municipality is one of the 15 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the central Venezuelan state of Guárico and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 60,595. The town of Zaraza is the shire town of the Pedro Zaraza Municipality.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  The Pedro Zaraza Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 60,595 (up from 55,957 in 2000). This amounts to 8.1% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 25.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (65/sq mi).
  
  ## Government
  
  The mayor of the Pedro Zaraza Municipality is Freddi Ali Gomez, elected on November 23, 2008 The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Zaraza and San José de Unare.
  
  