Cristóbal Rojas Municipality
Cristóbal Rojas Municipality
Municipio Cristóbal Rojas | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
 Location in Miranda | |
.svg?lang=en)  Cristóbal Rojas Municipality Location in Venezuela | |
| Coordinates: 10°16′13″N 66°50′01″W / 10.2703°N 66.8336°W | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| State | Miranda |
| Municipal seat | Charallave |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marisela Mendoza de Brito (MVR) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 171.3 km2 (66.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 96,369 |
| • Density | 560/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| Area code(s) | 0239 |
| Website | Official website |
Cristóbal Rojas 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 96,369.[1] The town of Charallave is the municipal seat of the Cristóbal Rojas Municipality.[2] The municipality is named for Venezuelan painter Cristóbal Rojas.
Demographics
[edit]The Cristóbal Rojas Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 96,369 (up from 83,568 in 2000). This amounts to 3.4% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 803.08 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,080.0/sq mi).[4]
Government
[edit]The mayor of the Cristóbal Rojas Municipality is Marisela Mendoza de Brito, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 49% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Charallave and Las Brisas.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls [permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved March 22, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls [permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls [permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/13/alcaldedis=0&edo=13&mun=12&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html [bare URL]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
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