Pedro Gual is one of the 21
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
(
municipios) 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
Miranda and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 22,579. The town of
Cúpira is the
municipal seat of the Pedro Gual Municipality.
The municipality is named for 19th century Venezuelan President
Pedro Gual Escandón
Pedro José Ramón Gual (17 January 1783, in Caracas, Venezuela – 6 May 1862, in Guayaquil, Ecuador), was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, journalist and diplomat.
During the Venezuelan War of Independence he came to the United States to buy ...
.
Demographics
The Pedro Gual Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 22,579 (up from 19,379 in 2000). This amounts to 0.8% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .
Government
The mayor of the Pedro Gual Municipality is Manuel Alvarez, elected on October 31, 2004, with 47% of the vote. He replaced Lenis Landaeta shortly after the elections.
The municipality is divided into two
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 ...
es; Cúpira and Machurucuto.
References
External links
pedrogual-miranda.gob.ve
Municipalities of Miranda (state)
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