Campo Elías Municipality

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]

Campo Elías Municipality Municipio Campo Elías
Municipality
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Location in Mérida
Campo Elías Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 8°19′59″N 71°24′00″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Mérida
Municipal seat	Ejido
Government
• Mayor	Jesús Antonio Abreu Uzcátegui (MVR)
Area
• Total	609 km^2 (235 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	100,192
• Density	160/km^2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s)	0274
Website	Official website

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%5B%5D
2. http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip%5B%5D
3. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5B%5D
4. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls%5B%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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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