Sucre Municipality
Municipio Sucre | |
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Coordinates: 10°28′19″N 66°45′39″W / 10.4719452°N 66.7608265°W | |
Country | Venezuela |
State | Miranda |
Founded | February 17, 1621 |
Incorporated | 1989 |
Municipal seat | Petare |
Government | |
• Mayor | José Vicente Rangel Ávalos ( PSUV) |
Area | |
• Total | 199.0 km2 (76.8 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 691,317 |
• Density | 3,500/km2 (9,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( VET) |
Area code(s) | 0212 |
Website | Official website |
Sucre Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and one of five the municipalities that make up the Metropolitan District of Caracas. According to a 2016 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 691,317. [1] The parish of Petare is the municipal seat of the Sucre Municipality. [2]
The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named " Sucre Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Antonio José de Sucre.
The Sucre Municipality, according to a 2016 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 691,317 (up from 591,414 in 2000). This amounts to 2.2% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density (2016) is about 11,000 people per square mile (4,200/km²). [4]
Period | Mayor | % of votes | Political party | Notes | |
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1989-1993 | Enrique Mendoza | COPEI | First Mayor of municipality | ||
1993-1995 | Enrique Mendoza | COPEI | |||
1995-1998 | Raoul Bermúdez | COPEI | |||
1998-2000 | Raoul Bermúdez | COPEI | |||
2000-2004 | José Vicente Rangel Ávalos | 29,98 | MVR | 2000 Venezuelan general election | |
2004-2008 | José Vicente Rangel Ávalos | 50,91 [5] | MVR/ PSUV | Re elected | |
2008-2013 | Carlos Ocariz | 55,60 [6] | Primero Justicia | ||
2013-2017 | Carlos Ocariz | 52,79 | Primero Justicia | Re elected | |
2017 | José Luis López | In charge of the office after Ocariz's resignation | |||
2017-2021 | José Vicente Rangel Ávalos | 59,85 | PSUV |
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Colegio Japonés de Caracas (カラカス日本人学校), the sole Japanese international school in Venezuela, is in Sucre Municipality. [7]
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