Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality

Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality
Municipio Caracciolo Parra Olmedo
Location in Mérida
Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 8°58′00″N 71°16′23″W / 8.9667°N 71.2731°W / 8.9667; -71.2731
Country Venezuela
StateMérida
Government
 • MayorAlberto Suárez (MUD)
Area
 • Total
689 km2 (266 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total
28,055
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)0275
WebsiteOfficial website

The Caracciolo Parra Olmedo 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 28,055.[1] The town of Tucaní is the shire town of the Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 28,055 (up from 23,220 in 2000). This amounts to 3.3% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 40.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (105/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality is Yaritza Giorgina Romero de Camacho, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 50% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Caracciolo Parra Olmedo and Florencio Ramírez.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls
  2. ^ a b http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip
  3. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls
  4. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
  5. ^ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/12/alcaldedis=0&edo=12&mun=13&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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)