Urdaneta is one of the 18 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 21,271.

[citation needed] The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Urdaneta Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Rafael Urdaneta.

The municipality's population density is 10.51 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.2/sq mi).

[2] The mayor of the Urdaneta Municipality is Sotero González, re-elected in 2021, with 49.41% of the vote, after the previous mayor Antonio Lugo deceased.

[3][4] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Capital Urdaneta, Las Peñitas, San Francisco de Cara, and Taguay.