Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Caracciolo Parra Olmedo


country= Venezuela
state= Mérida
shiretown= Tucaní
area= 689 km² (428.1 sq mi)
population= 28,055
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 40.7/km² (65.5/sq mi)
mayor= Yaritza Giorgina Romero de Camacho (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0275
website= http://caraccioloparra-merida.gob.ve/
website_name= caraccioloparra-merida.gob.ve

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. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Tucaní is the shire town of the Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip]

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. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 65.5 people per square mile (40.7/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

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. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/12/alcaldedis=0&edo=12&mun=13&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 Caracciolo Parra Olmedo and Florencio Ramírez.

ee also

*Tucaní
*Mérida
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://caraccioloparra-merida.gob.ve/ caraccioloparra-merida.gob.ve] es icon