The Capital District ( es, Distrito Capital) is a

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. It has an area of 433 km² and there is only one administrative division (''municipio''), Libertador, which contains about half of Caracas, the Venezuelan

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, which is also the seat of the three branches of the federal government of Venezuela. The population in 2004 was 2,073,768. The District borders on the states of Vargas and Miranda.

Government

Formerly it had its own

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with a governor, but the constitutional reform of 1999 abolished the district government and created instead the

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, with jurisdiction over the territory of the District and also four adjacent ''municipios'' (Baruta, Chacao, el Hatillo and Sucre) in Miranda which all together form the city. On 13 April 2009, the

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passed a law creating the figure of a head of government for the district which would be designated by the President. On 14 April 2009,

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became the first Head of Government of the Capital District. During the

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, General Antonio José Benavides Torres of the National Guard was appointed to be the Head of Government of the Capital District by disputed President Maduro.

Municipality

* Libertador ( Caracas)

Demographics

Race and ethnicity

According to the 2011 Census, the racial composition of the population was:

References

External links

* *Capital district