The Cardenal Quintero 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 9,546.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls The town of Santo Domingo is the administrative centre of the Cardenal Quintero Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip
Demographics The Cardenal Quintero Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 9,546 (up from 8,049 in 2000). This amounts to 1.1% 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 Cardenal Quintero Municipality is Pedro Segundo Rivas Moreno, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 89% of the vote. The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Cardenal Quintero and Las Piedras.
See also Santo Domingo Mérida Municipalities of Venezuela
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