The Pueblo Llano Municipality is one of the 23
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
(
municipios) 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
11,706. The town of
Pueblo Llano is the
shire town
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of the Pueblo Llano Municipality.
[http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip]
History
The municipality was part of the
Miranda Municipality until 14 June 1987, when it became the Autonomous Municipality Pueblo Llano. It dropped "autonomous" from its name in 1992. Pueblo Llano, 105.1 FM, was launched in 1992.
Geography
The municipality is located in the north east of Mérida in the Venezuelan Andes. The area is mountainous, with an average altitude of 2300m. Average annual temperatures are around 18 °C.
Demographics
The Pueblo Llano Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 11,706 (up from 9,792 in 2000).
This amounts to 1.4% of the state's population. The municipality's population
density is .
Government
The mayor of the Pueblo Llano Municipality is Antonio José Santiago Santiago, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 86% of the vote.
The municipality is divided into one
parish
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(Capital Pueblo Llano).
References
Municipalities of Mérida (state)
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