Andrés Bello Municipality, Mérida

Municipality in Mérida, Venezuela

The Andrés Bello 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 14,029.^[1] The town of La Azulita is the shire town of the Andrés Bello Municipality.^[2] The municipality is one of a number in Venezuela named "Andrés Bello Municipality", in honour of the writer Andrés Bello.

Demographics

The Andrés Bello Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 14,029 (up from 11,962 in 2000). This amounts to 1.7% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 35.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (91/sq mi).^[4]

Government

The mayor of the Andrés Bello Municipality is Ramón Augusto Lobo Moreno, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 81% of the vote.^[5][6] The municipality is divided into one Parish (Capital Andrés Bello).^[2]

See also

• La Azulita
• Mérida
• Municipalities of Venezuela

References

1. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls^{[permanent dead link]}
2. http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip^{[permanent dead link]}
3. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls^{[permanent dead link]}
4. http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls^{[permanent dead link]}
5. Alcalde de Municipio-ANDRES BELLO
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)