Miranda is one of the 14

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(

municipio ' (, ) and ' () are country subdivisions in Italy and several Hispanophone and Lusophone nations, respectively. They are often translated as "municipality". In the English language, a municipality often is defined as relating to a single city or t ...

s) that makes up the

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

n state of

Carabobo , anthem = '' Himno del Estado Carabobo'' , image_map = Carabobo in Venezuela.svg , map_alt = , map_caption = Location within Venezuela , pushpin_map = , pushpin_map_ ...

and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 29,092. The town of Miranda is the

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of the Miranda Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Carabobo.zip

Name

The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named Miranda Municipality for independence hero

Francisco de Miranda Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza (28 March 1750 – 14 July 1816), commonly known as Francisco de Miranda (), was a Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary. Although his own plans for the independence of the Spani ...

Demographics

The Miranda Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 27,609 (up from 23,869 in 2000). This amounts to 1.2% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .

Government

The mayor of the Miranda Municipality is Eduardo A. Sequera. He replaced Fernando Jimenez shortly after the last municipal elections. The municipality is divided into one

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

(Miranda).

References

External links

miranda-carabobo.gob.ve
Municipalities of Carabobo {{Carabobo-geo-stub