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
Municipality
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Location in Mérida
Cardenal Quintero Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 8°51′42″N 70°41′34″W
Country Venezuela
StateMérida
Municipal seatSanto Domingo, Mérida, Venezuela
Government
 • MayorPedro Segundo Rivas Moreno (MVR)
Area
 • Total350 km2 (140 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total9,546
 • Density27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s)0274
WebsiteOfficial website

Demographics

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

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

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=14&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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