Miranda Municipality, Carabobo
Miranda Municipality Municipio Miranda | |||
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Municipality | |||
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![]() Location in Carabobo | |||
![]() ![]() Miranda Municipality Location in Venezuela | |||
Coordinates: 10°08′53″N 68°23′45″W / 10.148029°N 68.395948°WCoordinates: 10°08′53″N 68°23′45″W / 10.148029°N 68.395948°W | |||
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State | Carabobo | ||
Municipal seat | Miranda | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Eduardo A. Sequera | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 161 km2 (62 sq mi) | ||
Population (2011) | |||
• Total | 29,092 | ||
• Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | UTC−04:00 (VET) | ||
Area code(s) | 0249 | ||
Website | Official website | ||
Miranda is one of the 14 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 29,092. [1] The town of Miranda is the shire town of the Miranda Municipality.[2]
Name
The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named Miranda Municipality for independence hero Francisco de Miranda.
Demographics
The Miranda Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 27,609 (up from 23,869 in 2000). This amounts to 1.2% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 171.48 inhabitants per square kilometre (444.1/sq mi).[4]
Government
The mayor of the Miranda Municipality is Eduardo A. Sequera.[5] He replaced Fernando Jimenez shortly after the last municipal elections.[6] The municipality is divided into one parish (Miranda).[2]
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- 1 2 http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Carabobo.zip%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
- ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/carabobo/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
- ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/carabobo/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
- ↑ Alcaldías Digitales Archived 2008-03-17 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
External links
- miranda-carabobo.gob.ve (in Spanish)