Campo Elías Municipality

Campo Elías Municipality
Municipio Campo Elías
Municipality

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Location in Mérida
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Campo Elías Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 8°19′59″N 71°24′00″W / 8.333°N 71.4°W / 8.333; -71.4Coordinates: 8°19′59″N 71°24′00″W / 8.333°N 71.4°W / 8.333; -71.4
Country  Venezuela
State Mérida
Municipal seat Ejido
Government
 • Mayor Jesús Antonio Abreu Uzcátegui (MVR)
Area
 • Total 609 km2 (235 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 • Total 100,192
 • Density 160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s) 0274
Website Official website

The Campo Elías Municipality is one of the 23 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Mérida and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 100,192.[1] The town of Ejido is the shire town of the Campo Elías Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Campo Elías Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 100,192 (up from 84,476 in 2000). This amounts to 11.9% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 164.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (426/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Campo Elías Municipality is Jesús Antonio Abreu Uzcátegui, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 61% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into seven parishes; Fernández Peña, Matriz, Montalbán, Acequias, Jají, La Mesa, and San José del Sur.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  2. 1 2 http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  3. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  5. ↑ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/12/alcaldedis=0&edo=12&mun=4&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.


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