Páez Municipality, Miranda

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Páez


country= Venezuela
state= Miranda
shiretown= Río Chico
area= 963 km² (598.4 sq mi)
population= 39,097
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 40.6/km² (65.3/sq mi)
mayor= Emilio Ruiz (AD)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0234
website= http://paez-miranda.gob.ve/
website_name= paez-miranda.gob.ve

The Páez Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 39,097. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Río Chico is the shire town of the Páez Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Miranda.zip]

Demographics

The Páez Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 39,097 (up from 33,259 in 2000). This amounts to 1.4% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 65.3 people per square mile (40.6/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the Páez Municipality is Emilio Ruiz, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 39% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/13/alcaldedis=0&edo=13&mun=6&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into five parishes; Río Chico, El Guapo, Tacarigua de La Laguna, Paparo, and San Fernando del Guapo.

ee also

*Río Chico
*Miranda
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://paez-miranda.gob.ve/ paez-miranda.gob.ve] es icon