Miranda 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 22,879.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls The town of Timotes is the shire town of the Miranda Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named Miranda Municipality after the Venezuelan revolutionary and independence hero Francisco de Miranda.
See also Timotes Mérida Municipalities of Venezuela
References
External links miranda-merida.gob.ve