The Cardenal Quintero Municipality is one of the 23
municipalities
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(
municipio
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s) that makes up the
Venezuela
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n 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. The town of
Santo Domingo
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is the
administrative centre
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of the Cardenal Quintero Municipality.
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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. The municipality's population density is .
Government
The mayor of the Cardenal Quintero Municipality is Pedro Segundo Rivas Moreno, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 89% of the vote.
The municipality is divided into two
parish
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es; Capital Cardenal Quintero and Las Piedras.
See also
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Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...
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Mérida
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Municipalities of Venezuela
Municipalities () are subdivisions of the states of Venezuela. There are 335 municipalities dividing the 23 states and the Capital District.
Municipalities and their seats by federal entity Capital District
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References
Municipalities of Mérida (state)
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