Antonio Pinto Salinas Municipality

The Antonio Pinto Salinas 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 26,073.[1] The town of Santa Cruz de Mora is the shire town of the Antonio Pinto Salinas Municipality.[2]

Antonio Pinto Salinas Municipality

Municipio Antonio Pinto Salinas
Municipality
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Location in Mérida
Antonio Pinto Salinas Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 8°24′33″N 71°39′05″W
Country Venezuela
StateMérida
Municipal seatSanta Cruz de Mora[*]
Government
 • MayorJesús Alexis Rodríguez (MVR)
Area
 • Total348 km2 (134 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total26,073
 • Density75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s)0275
WebsiteOfficial website

Demographics
Santa Cruz de Mora.

The Antonio Pinto Salinas Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 26,073 (up from 23,905 in 2000). This amounts to 3.1% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 74.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (194/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Antonio Pinto Salinas Municipality is Jesús Alexis Rodríguez, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 55% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Capital Antonio Pinto Salinas, Mesa Bolívar, and Mesa de Las Palmas.[2]

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References
  1. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls%5B%5D
  2. http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip%5B%5D
  3. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5B%5D
  4. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls%5B%5D
  5. http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/12/alcaldedis=0&edo=12&mun=11&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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