Punceres Municipality, Monagas

Municipality in Monagas, Venezuela

Punceres Municipality Municipio Punceres
Municipality
Location in Monagas
9°57′58″N 63°08′21″W / 9.9661462°N 63.1391151°W / 9.9661462; -63.1391151
Country	Venezuela
State	Monagas
Municipal seat	Quiriquire[*]
Government
• Mayor	Magalys Villalba (PSUV)
Area
• Total	613.8 km² (237.0 sq mi)
Population
• Total	905,443
• Density	1,500/km² (3,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
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Punceres is one of the 13 municipalities of the state of Monagas, Venezuela. The municipality's capital is Quiriquire.

Geography

Punceres is located to the north of Monagas State. Presents a vegetation of dry tropical forest and another of humid tropical forest, has an annual average temperature of 26.4 °C and rainfall of 1,935 mm (annual average).^{[citation needed]}