Campo Elías Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Campo Elías


country= Venezuela
state= Mérida
shiretown= Ejido
area= 609 km² (378.4 sq mi)
population= 100,192
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 164.5/km² (264.8/sq mi)
mayor= Jesús Antonio Abreu Uzcátegui (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0274
website= http://campoelias-merida.gob.ve/
website_name= campoelias-merida.gob.ve

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. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Ejido is the shire town of the Campo Elías Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip]

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. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 264.8 people per square mile (164.5/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Campo Elías Municipality is Jesús Antonio Abreu Uzcátegui, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 61% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/12/alcaldedis=0&edo=12&mun=4&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into seven parishes; Fernández Peña, Matriz, Montalbán, Acequias, Jají, La Mesa, and San José del Sur.

ee also

*Ejido
*Mérida
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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