Cristóbal Rojas Municipality

Cristóbal Rojas Municipality

Municipio Cristóbal Rojas
Cristóbal Rojas Municipality Municipio Cristóbal Rojas
Municipality
	Flag Seal
	Location in Miranda
	Cristóbal Rojas Municipality Location in Venezuela
	Coordinates: 10°14′35″N 66°51′44″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Miranda
Municipal seat	Charallave
Government
• Mayor	Marisela Mendoza de Brito (MVR)
Area
• Total	120 km2 (50 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	96,369
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0239
Website	Official website

Cristóbal Rojas is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 96,369.[1] The town of Charallave is the municipal seat of the Cristóbal Rojas Municipality.[2] The municipality is named for Venezuelan painter Cristóbal Rojas.

Demographics

The Cristóbal Rojas Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 96,369 (up from 83,568 in 2000). This amounts to 3.4% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 803.08 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,080.0/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Cristóbal Rojas Municipality is Marisela Mendoza de Brito, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 49% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Charallave and Las Brisas.[2]

References

http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved March 22, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls
http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/13/alcaldedis=0&edo=13&mun=12&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls

[autogenerated1-2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved March 22, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls

[4] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls

[5] ttp://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/13/alcaldedis=0&edo=13&mun=12&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)