Cardenal Quintero Municipality

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Municipio Cardenal Quintero
Location of Cardenal Quintero within Mérida [[Image:{{{skyline_photo}}}\|250px\|{{{skyline_caption}}}]] {{{skyline_caption}}}
Country	Venezuela
State	Mérida
Shiretown	Santo Domingo
Area	350 km² (217.5 sq mi)
Population (2007)	9,546
Density	27.3/km² (43.9/sq mi)
Mayor	Pedro Segundo Rivas Moreno (MVR)
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s)	0274
Website	cardenalquintero-merida.gob.ve

The Cardenal Quintero 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 9,546.^[1] The town of Santo Domingo is the shire town of the Cardenal Quintero Municipality.^[2]

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

[edit] Demographics

The Cardenal Quintero Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 9,546 (up from 8,049 in 2000). This amounts to 1.1% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 43.9 people per square mile (27.3/km²).^[4]

[edit] Government

The mayor of the Cardenal Quintero Municipality is Pedro Segundo Rivas Moreno, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 89% of the vote.^[5]^[6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Cardenal Quintero and Las Piedras.^[7]