Sucre Municipality, Miranda

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Municipio Sucre
Location of Sucre within Miranda Petare skyline. Note that poverty remains a major limitation to the city's development.
Country	Venezuela
State	Miranda
Shiretown	Petare
Area	164 km² (101.9 sq mi)
Population (2007)	640,762
Density	3,907.09/km² (6,287.9/sq mi)
Mayor	José Vicente Rangel Ávalos (MVR)
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
Area code(s)	0212
Website	www.alcaldias.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/municipiosc.html?id_estado=13&id_municipio=9

The Sucre Municipality 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 640,762.^[1] The city of Petare is the shire town of the Sucre Municipality.^[2]

1 History
2 Demographics
3 Government
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

The Sucre Municipality comprises the metropolitan area of Caracas; Petare is the seat of the municipality and it was founded on February 17, 1621, under the name of Jesús de Petare. Located at 844 meters above sea level, to the east of the valley of Caracas, in a hill that dominates the course of the Guaire river, Petare in the native language means Face to the river.

[edit] Demographics

The Sucre Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 640,762 (up from 591,414 in 2000). This amounts to 2.2% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 6,287.9 people per square mile (3,907.09/km²).^[4]

[edit] Government

Photograph of a street in the historic center of Petare, Venezuela

The mayor of the Sucre Municipality is José Vicente Rangel Ávalos (son of former Venezuelan vice-president José Vicente Rangel Vale), re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 51% of the vote.^[5]^[6] The municipality is divided into five parishes; Petare, Caucagüita, Fila de Mariches, La Dolorita, and Leoncio Martínez.^[7]