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El Vigia
Municipio Alberto Adriani
Alberto Adriani Municipality
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Country Venezuela
StateMérida
Government
 • MayorJuan Peña[citation needed] (MUD)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total250,257
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)0275
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The Alberto Adriani Municipality (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈβeɾto aˈðɾjani]) (better known as El Vigia) is one of the 23 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Mérida and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 128,222.[needs update][1] The town of El Vigía is the shire town of the Alberto Adriani Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Alberto Adriani Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate[needs update] by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 128,222 (up from 109,215 in 2000). This amounts to 15.2% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 187.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (486/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Alberto Adriani Municipality is Luis Guillermo Rojas Mendoza, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 59% of the vote.[needs update][5][6] The municipality is divided into seven parishes; Presidente Betancourt, Presidente Páez, Presidente Rómulo Gallegos, Gabriel Picón González, Héctor Amable Mora, José Nucete Sardi, and Pulido Méndez.[2]

Transportation

Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport serves the town, with six commercial airlines flying to it.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/12/alcaldedis=0&edo=12&mun=1&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html[bare URL]
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)