Santos Michelena Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Santos Michelena


country= Venezuela
state= Aragua
shiretown= Las Tejerías
area= 220 km² (136.7 sq mi)
population= 44,409
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 201.86/km² (324.9/sq mi)
mayor= Reinaldo Lorca (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0244
website= http://santosmichelena-aragua.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= santosmichelena-aragua.gob.ve

The Santos Michelena Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 44,409. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/aragua/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Las Tejerías is the shire town of the Santos Michelena Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Aragua.zip]

Demographics

The Santos Michelena Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 44,409 (up from 38,638 in 2000). This amounts to 2.7% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/aragua/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 324.9 people per square mile (201.86/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/aragua/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Santos Michelena Municipality is Reinaldo Lorca, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 32% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/4/alcaldedis=0&edo=4&mun=12&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Santos Michelena and Tiara.

ee also

*Las Tejerías
*Aragua
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://santosmichelena-aragua.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ santosmichelena-aragua.gob.ve] es icon