Cardenal Quintero Municipality


The Cardenal Quintero Municipality is one of the 23 municipalities 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. The town of Santo Domingo is the administrative centre of the Cardenal Quintero Municipality.

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. This amounts to 1.1% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is.

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.