The Campo Elías Municipality 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 100,192.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls The town of Ejido is the shire town of the Campo Elías Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip Demographics The Campo Elías Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 100,192 (up from 84,476 in 2000). This amounts to 11.9% of the state's population.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls The municipality's population density is .http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
Government The mayor of the Campo Elías Municipality is Jesús Alberto Rodríguez Velázquez (Toto), elected on July 27, 2025 with 87% of the vote. The municipality is divided into seven parishes; Fernández Peña, Matriz, Montalbán, Acequias, Jají, La Mesa, and San José del Sur.
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