Campo Elías Municipality

Municipality in Mérida, Venezuela

Campo Elías Municipality Municipio Campo Elías
Municipality
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Location in Mérida
8°27′00″N 71°17′00″W / 8.45°N 71.28333°W / 8.45; -71.28333
Country	Venezuela
State	Mérida
Municipal seat	Ejido
Government
• Mayor	Jesús Antonio Abreu Uzcátegui (MVR)
Area
• Total	609 km² (235 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	100,192
• Density	160/km² (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0274
Website	Official website
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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

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

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

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