Arzobispo_Chacón_Municipality

Arzobispo Chacón Municipality

Arzobispo Chacón Municipality

Municipality in Mérida, Venezuela

The Arzobispo Chacón 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 15,850.[1] The town of Canaguá is the shire town of the Arzobispo Chacón Municipality.[2]

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Demographics

The Arzobispo Chacón Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 15,850 (up from 15,586 in 2000). This amounts to 1.9% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 9.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (24/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Arzobispo Chacón Municipality is Carlos Andrès Chacòn Mora, elected on October 31, 2004, with 61% of the vote.[5] He replaced Gerardo Duran shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into seven parishes; Capital Arzobispo Chacón, Capurí, Chacantá, El Molino, Guaimaral, Mucutuy, and Mucuchachí.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Sintesise Stadistica". www.ine.gob.ve.[dead link]
  2. [2]
    "Merida Division". www.ine.gob.ve.[dead link]
  3. [3]
    "Poblacion 5". www.ine.gob.ve.[dead link]
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    "Poblacion 4". www.ine.gob.ve.[dead link]
  5. [5]
    "Regionales 2004". www.cne.gob.ve.
  6. [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)


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