Alberto Adriani Municipality

Alberto Adriani
Municipality
Municipio Alberto Adriani
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Location in Mérida
Country	Venezuela
State	Mérida
Shiretown	El Vigía
Government
• Mayor	Juan Peña (MUD)
Area
• Total	683 km2 (264 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	250.257 hab.
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s)	0275
Website	Official website

The Alberto Adriani 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 128,222.^[1] The town of El Vigía is the shire town of the Alberto Adriani Municipality.^[2]

Demographics

The Alberto Adriani Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 128,222 (up from 109,215 in 2000). This amounts to 15.2% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 187.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (486 /sq mi).^[4]

Government

The mayor of the Alberto Adriani Municipality is Luis Guillermo Rojas Mendoza, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 59% of the vote.^[5][6] The municipality is divided into seven parishes; Presidente Betancourt, Presidente Páez, Presidente Rómulo Gallegos, Gabriel Picón González, Héctor Amable Mora, José Nucete Sardi, and Pulido Méndez.^[2]

See also

• El Vigía
• Mérida
• Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

• albertoadriani-merida.gob.ve (Spanish)

Coordinates: 8°56′30″N 71°29′40″W / 8.94167°N 71.49444°W / 8.94167; -71.49444