Sucre Municipality, Miranda

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Sucre Municipality
Municipio Sucre
Municipality
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Sucre Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°28′19″N66°45′39″W / 10.4719°N 66.7608°W / 10.4719; -66.7608
CountryFlag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
State Miranda
FoundedFebruary 17, 1621
Incorporated1989
Municipal seat Boleita Norte
Government
 •  Mayor José Vicente Rangel Ávalos (PSUV)
Area
 • Total
199.0 km2 (76.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
691,317
 • Density3,474/km2 (8,998/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s) 0212
Website Official website
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Sucre Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and one of five the municipalities that make up the Metropolitan District of Caracas. According to a 2016 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 691,317. [1] The parish of Petare is the municipal seat of the Sucre Municipality. [2]

Contents

It includes the neighborhood of La Carlota, Miranda near the Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base and the former presidential residence La Casona.

Name

The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Sucre Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Antonio José de Sucre.

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Petare´s historic center
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Millennium Mall at the Rómulo Gallegos Avenue

Demographics

The Sucre Municipality, according to a 2016 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 691,317 (up from 591,414 in 2000). This amounts to 2.2% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density (2016) is about 11,000 people per square mile (4,200/km2). [4]

Government

Mayors

PeriodMayor% of votesPolitical partyNotes
1989-1993 Enrique Mendoza COPEI First Mayor of municipality
1993-1995 Enrique Mendoza COPEI
1995-1998Raoul Bermúdez COPEI
1998-2000Raoul Bermúdez COPEI
2000-2004 José Vicente Rangel Ávalos 29.98 MVR 2000 Venezuelan general election
2004-2008 José Vicente Rangel Ávalos 50.91 [5] MVR/PSUV Re elected
2008-2013 Carlos Ocariz 55.60 [6] Primero Justicia
2013-2017 Carlos Ocariz 52.79 Primero Justicia Re elected
2017José Luis LópezIn charge of the office after Ocariz's resignation
2017-2021 José Vicente Rangel Ávalos 59.85 PSUV

Education

Colegio Japonés de Caracas (カラカス日本人学校), the sole Japanese international school in Venezuela, is in Sucre Municipality. [7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls%5B%5D
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2008-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5B%5D
  4. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls%5B%5D
  5. ↑ CNE, 31-10-04 http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/
  6. ↑ CNE, 23-11-08 http://www.cne.gob.ve/divulgacion_regionales_2008/index.php?e=13&m=09&p=00&c=00&t=00&ca=00&v=02
  7. ↑ "学校案内." Colegio Japonés de Caracas. Retrieved on 7 July 2018. "所在地 Carretera Union Comunidad Juan Garcia El Otro Lado al Sur de Hatillo Distrito Sucre Edo.Miranda"
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