Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality

Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality
Municipio Obispo Ramos de Lora
Municipality

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Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 8°50′23″N 71°26′31″W / 8.839738°N 71.44204°W / 8.839738; -71.44204Coordinates: 8°50′23″N 71°26′31″W / 8.839738°N 71.44204°W / 8.839738; -71.44204
Country  Venezuela
State Mérida
Municipal seat Santa Elena de Arenales
Government
 • Mayor Humberto Gómez (MVR)
Area
 • Total 321 km2 (124 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 • Total 25,002
 • Density 78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s) 0274
Website Official website

The Obispo Ramos de Lora 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 25,002.[1] The town of Santa Elena de Arenales is the shire town of the Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 25,002 (up from 21,496 in 2000). This amounts to 2.96% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 77.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (202/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality is Humberto Gómez, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 49% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Capital Obispo Ramos de Lora, Eloy Paredes, and San Rafael de Alcázar.[2]

See also

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. ↑ "Alcalde de Municipio". cne.gob.ve. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
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