Miranda is one of the 23
municipalities
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The term ''municipality' ...
(
municipio
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In English, a municipality often is define ...
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 22,879.
[http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of
Timotes is the
shire town
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of the Miranda Municipality.
[http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip] The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named
Miranda Municipality after the Venezuelan revolutionary and 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 who fought in the American Revolutionary War, the French R ...
.
See also
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Timotes
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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
# Libertador Bolivarian Municipa ...
References
External links
miranda-merida.gob.ve
Municipalities of Mérida (state)
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