Campo Elías Municipality

Coordinates: 8°27′00″N 71°17′00″W / 8.45°N 71.28333°W / 8.45; -71.28333
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Campo Elías Municipality
Municipio Campo Elías
Flag of Campo Elías Municipality
Official seal of Campo Elías Municipality
Location in Mérida
Location in Mérida
Map showing the location of Campo Elías Municipality within Venezuela
Map showing the location of Campo Elías Municipality within Venezuela
Campo Elías Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 8°27′00″N 71°17′00″W / 8.45°N 71.28333°W / 8.45; -71.28333
Country Venezuela
StateMérida
Municipal seatEjido
Government
 • MayorJesús Antonio Abreu Uzcátegui (MVR)
Area
 • Total609 km2 (235 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total100,192
 • Density160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)0274
WebsiteOfficial website

The Campo Elías 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 100,192.[1] The town of Ejido is the shire town of the Campo Elías Municipality.[2]

Demographics[edit]

The Campo Elías Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 100,192 (up from 84,476 in 2000). This amounts to 11.9% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 164.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (426/sq mi).[4]

Government[edit]

The mayor of the Campo Elías Municipality is Jesús Antonio Abreu Uzcátegui, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 61% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into seven parishes; Fernández Peña, Matriz, Montalbán, Acequias, Jají, La Mesa, and San José del Sur.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls [permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip [permanent dead link]
  3. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls [permanent dead link]
  4. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls [permanent dead link]
  5. ^ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/12/alcaldedis=0&edo=12&mun=4&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html [bare URL]
  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)