Aricagua Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Aricagua


country= Venezuela
state= Mérida
shiretown= Aricagua
area= 790 km² (490.9 sq mi)
population= 4,564
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 5.8/km² (9.3/sq mi)
mayor= Nelson Jesus Márquez Rojas (AD)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0274
website= http://aricagua-merida.gob.ve/
website_name= aricagua-merida.gob.ve

The Aricagua 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 4,564. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Aricagua is the shire town of the Aricagua Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip]

Demographics

The Aricagua Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 4,564 (up from 4,514 in 2000). This amounts to 0.5% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 9.3 people per square mile (5.8/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Aricagua Municipality is Nelson Jesus Márquez Rojas, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 59% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/12/alcaldedis=0&edo=12&mun=22&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 Aricagua and San Antonio.

ee also

*Aricagua
*Mérida
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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