Cristóbal Rojas Municipality | |
Native Name: | Municipio Cristóbal Rojas |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 100px |
Seal Size: | 100px |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Cristóbal Rojas Municipality within Venezuela |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Venezuela |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Miranda |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Marisela Mendoza de Brito (MVR) |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Total: | 96369 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Established |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Timezone: | VET |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Area Code Type: | Area code(s) |
Area Code: | 0239 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
Cristóbal Rojas is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 96,369.[1] The town of Charallave is the municipal seat of the Cristóbal Rojas Municipality.[2] The municipality is named for Venezuelan painter Cristóbal Rojas.
The Cristóbal Rojas Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 96,369 (up from 83,568 in 2000). This amounts to 3.4% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Cristóbal Rojas Municipality is Marisela Mendoza de Brito, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 49% of the vote.[5] [6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Charallave and Las Brisas.