Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality

The Caracciolo Parra Olmedo 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 28,055.^[1] The town of Tucaní is the shire town of the Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality.^[2]

Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality Municipio Caracciolo Parra Olmedo
Municipality
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Location in Mérida
Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 8°58′00″N 71°16′23″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Mérida
Government
• Mayor	Alberto Suárez (MUD)
Area
• Total	689 km2 (266 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	28,055
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0275
Website	Official website

Demographics

The Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 28,055 (up from 23,220 in 2000). This amounts to 3.3% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 40.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (105/sq mi).^[4]

Government

The mayor of the Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality is Yaritza Giorgina Romero de Camacho, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 50% of the vote.^[5][6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Caracciolo Parra Olmedo and Florencio Ramírez.^[2]

See also

• Tucaní
• Mérida
• Municipalities of Venezuela