Campo Elías Municipality

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Municipio Campo Elías
Location of Campo Elías within Mérida [[Image:{{{skyline_photo}}}\|250px\|{{{skyline_caption}}}]] {{{skyline_caption}}}
Country	Venezuela
State	Mérida
Shiretown	Ejido
Area	609 km² (378.4 sq mi)
Population (2007)	100,192
Density	164.5/km² (264.8/sq mi)
Mayor	Jesús Antonio Abreu Uzcátegui (MVR)
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s)	0274
Website	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.^[1] The town of Ejido is the shire town of the Campo Elías Municipality.^[2]

1 Demographics
2 Government
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] 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.^[3] The municipality's population density is 264.8 people per square mile (164.5/km²).^[4]

[edit] Government

The mayor of the Campo Elías Municipality is Jesús Antonio Abreu Uzcátegui, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 61% of the vote.^[5]^[6] The municipality is divided into seven parishes; Fernández Peña, Matriz, Montalbán, Acequias, Jají, La Mesa, and San José del Sur.^[7]