- Guaicaipuro Municipality
Venezuelan Municipality
name= Guaicaipuro
skyline_photo= Los Teques cathedral.jpg
skyline_caption= Los Teques Cathedral
country=Venezuela
state= Miranda
shiretown=Los Teques
area= 661 km² (410.7 sq mi)
population= 280,687
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 424.64/km² (683.4/sq mi)
mayor= Raúl Enrique Salmerón González (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0212
website= http://guaicaipuro-miranda.gob.ve/
website_name= guaicaipuro-miranda.gob.veThe Guaicaipuro Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the
Venezuela n state of Miranda and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 280,687. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town ofLos Teques is the shire town of the Guaicaipuro Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Miranda.zip]History
The city of Los Teques was founded in 1777 and was named after the Aractoeques Carabs, an indigenous tribe that once inhabited the area. On February 13, 1927, the capital of Miranda was moved to this city from
Petare (before being in Petare, the capital of Miranda was inOcumare del Tuy ).Geography
Temperature: Varies from 18 and 26 degrees Celsius.
Demographics
The Guaicaipuro Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 280,687 (up from 240,731 in 2000). This amounts to 9.8% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 683.4 people per square mile (424.64/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]
Government
The mayor of the Guaicaipuro Municipality is Raúl Enrique Salmerón González, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 52% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/13/alcaldedis=0&edo=13&mun=3&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into seven parishes; Los Teques, Altagracia de La Montaña, Cecilio Acosta, El Jarillo, Paracotos, San Pedro, and Tácata.
Transportation
On November 3, 2006, President
Hugo Chávez inaugurated theLos Teques Metro . This metro system is connected to theCaracas Metro .ee also
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Los Teques
*Miranda
*Municipalities of Venezuela References
External links
* [http://guaicaipuro-miranda.gob.ve/ guaicaipuro-miranda.gob.ve] es icon
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