Cardenal Quintero Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Cardenal Quintero


country= Venezuela
state= Mérida
shiretown= Santo Domingo
area= 350 km² (217.5 sq mi)
population= 9,546
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 27.3/km² (43.9/sq mi)
mayor= Pedro Segundo Rivas Moreno (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0274
website= http://cardenalquintero-merida.gob.ve/
website_name= cardenalquintero-merida.gob.ve

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. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Santo Domingo is the shire town of the Cardenal Quintero Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip]

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. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 43.9 people per square mile (27.3/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Cardenal Quintero Municipality is Pedro Segundo Rivas Moreno, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 89% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/12/alcaldedis=0&edo=12&mun=14&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 Cardenal Quintero and Las Piedras.

ee also

*Santo Domingo
*Mérida
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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