Independencia Municipality | |
Native Name: | Municipio Independencia |
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 Independencia 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: | Wilmer Salazar (MVR) |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Total: | 160899 |
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. |
Independencia 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 160,899.[1] The town of Santa Teresa del Tuy is the municipal seat of the Independencia Municipality.[2]
The Independencia Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 160,899 (up from 137,469 in 2000). This amounts to 5.6% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Independencia Municipality is Wilmer Salazar, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 50% of the vote.[5] [6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Santa Teresa del Tuy and El Cartanal.