Cardenal Quintero Municipality

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 administrative centre of the Cardenal Quintero Municipality.^[2]

Cardenal Quintero Municipality Municipio Cardenal Quintero
Municipality
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Location in Mérida
Cardenal Quintero Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 8°51′42″N 70°41′34″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Mérida
Municipal seat	Santo Domingo
Government
• Mayor	Yerika Malpica
Area
• Total	350 km2 (140 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	9,546
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0274
Website	Official website

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 27.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (71/sq mi).^[4]

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.^[2]

See also

• Santo Domingo
• Mérida
• Municipalities of Venezuela