The Obispo Ramos de Lora 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 25,002.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/merida/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls The town of Santa Elena de Arenales is the shire town of the Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Merida.zip
Demographics The Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 25,002 (up from 21,496 in 2000). This amounts to 2.96% 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 Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality is Humberto Gómez, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 49% of the vote. The municipality is divided into three parishes; Capital Obispo Ramos de Lora, Eloy Paredes, and San Rafael de Alcázar.
See also Santa Elena de Arenales Mérida Municipalities of Venezuela
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