Miranda Municipality
Municipio Miranda | |
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![]() Location in
Carabobo | |
Coordinates: 10°06′37″N 68°22′45″W / 10.1101624°N 68.3792499°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Carabobo |
Municipal seat | Miranda |
Government | |
• Mayor | Eduardo A. Sequera |
Area | |
• Total | 150.8 km2 (58.2 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 29,092 |
• Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( VET) |
Area code(s) | 0249 |
Website | Official website |
Miranda is one of the 14 municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 29,092. [1] The town of Miranda is the shire town of the Miranda Municipality. [2]
The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named Miranda Municipality for independence hero Francisco de Miranda.
The Miranda Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 27,609 (up from 23,869 in 2000). This amounts to 1.2% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density is 171.48 inhabitants per square kilometre (444.1/sq mi). [4]
The mayor of the Miranda Municipality is Eduardo A. Sequera. [5] He replaced Fernando Jimenez shortly after the last municipal elections. [6] The municipality is divided into one parish (Miranda). [2]
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