Andrés Bello Municipality, Mérida

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Andrés Bello


country= Venezuela
state= Mérida
shiretown= La Azulita
area= 398 km² (247.3 sq mi)
population= 14,029
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 35.2/km² (56.7/sq mi)
mayor= Ramón Augusto Lobo Moreno (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0274
website= http://andresbello-merida.gob.ve/
website_name= andresbello-merida.gob.ve

The Andrés Bello 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 14,029. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of La Azulita is the shire town of the Andrés Bello Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip]

Demographics

The Andrés Bello Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 14,029 (up from 11,962 in 2000). This amounts to 1.7% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 56.7 people per square mile (35.2/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Andrés Bello Municipality is Ramón Augusto Lobo Moreno, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 81% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/12/alcaldedis=0&edo=12&mun=2&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into one parish (Capital Andrés Bello).

ee also

*La Azulita
*Mérida
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

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