Cardenal Quintero Municipality
The Cardenal Quintero 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 9,546.[1] The town of Santo Domingo is the administrative centre of the Cardenal Quintero Municipality.[2]
Cardenal Quintero Municipality Municipio Cardenal Quintero | |
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Flag Seal | |
Location in Mérida | |
Cardenal Quintero Municipality Location in Venezuela | |
| Coordinates: 8°51′42″N 70°41′34″W / 8.86158°N 70.69282°W | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| State | Mérida |
| Municipal seat | Santo Domingo, Mérida, Venezuela |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pedro Segundo Rivas Moreno (MVR) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 350 km2 (140 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 9,546 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (71/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| Area code(s) | 0274 |
| Website | Official website |
Demographics edit
The Cardenal Quintero Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 9,546 (up from 8,049 in 2000). This amounts to 1.1% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 27.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (71/sq mi).[4]
Government edit
The mayor of the Cardenal Quintero Municipality is Pedro Segundo Rivas Moreno, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 89% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Cardenal Quintero and Las Piedras.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls [permanent dead link]
- ^ a b http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip [permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls [permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls [permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/12/alcaldedis=0&edo=12&mun=14&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html [bare URL]
- ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
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