Miranda (Venezuela)

Miranda
	State
Miranda
	Spanish Estado miranda
Flag	Emblem
A country	;
Includes	21 municipality
Adm. Centre	Los teques
Governor	Hector Rodriguez Castro (since 2017)
History and Geography
Date of formation	1909
Square	7 950 km² (0.87%, 17th place )
Height
Timezone	UTC-04: 30
Population
Population	2 675 165 people ( 2011 ) (9.83%, 2nd place )
Density	336.5 people / km² (4th place)
Digital identifiers
ISO 3166-2 Code	Ve-m

Miranda ( Spanish: Miranda ) (IPA: MFA: [esˈtaðo miˈɾanda] ) is one of 23 states in Venezuela . The second most populous state after Zulia . According to the 2011 census, the population is 2 675 165 inhabitants ^[1] . It also according to the Venezuelan National Institute of Statistics ( Spanish Instituto Nacional de Estadística ) has the highest human development index in Venezuela. According to recent estimates, in mid-2016, the population was 3 194 390 residents ^[2] .

The state of Miranda covers a total area of 7.950 km². The administrative center of the state is the city of Los Tekes . In the north it borders with the state of Vargas , in the south with the state of Guarico , in the east with the state of Ansoategui and in the west with the state of Aragua and the metropolitan area . In the northeast it is washed by the Caribbean Sea .

Named after the leader of the struggle for the independence of the Spanish colonies in South America, the national hero Francisco de Miranda .

Miranda is an important center for political, economic, cultural and commercial activities. The state is governed by a governor, and is divided into 21 municipalities, each of which is governed by a mayor.

As a subject of the federation, Miranda has its own constitution, the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Miranda ^[3] , which is the basis of state law and was approved in 2006 by the State Governor - Hector Rodriguez Castro.

Content

Administrative Division

Municipalities

Municipalities of Miranda.

The state of Miranda is divided into 21 municipalities, listed below with their administrative centers, area, and population ^[2] :

	Municipality	Administrative Centre	Square (km ² )	Population (Census 2001)	Population (Census 2011)	Population Rating June 30, 2016
one.	Acevedo	Kaukagua	1,879	70,282	87,371	96,210
2.	Andres Bello	San jose de barlovento	114	20,119	20,981	22,851
3.	Baruta	Nuestra señora del rosario de baruta	86	260,853	240,755	362,371
four.	Brion	Igerote	531	45,346	58,940	67,332
five.	Boros	Mumporal	198	20,009	27,515	29,841
6.	Carrisal	Carrisal	32	41,103	51,712	56,629
7.	Chacao	Chacao	13	64,629	61,213	76,888
eight.	Cristobal rojas	Charayave	120	77,257	117,888	141,593
9.	El Hatillo	El Hatillo	81	54,225	58,156	90,554
ten.	Guaikaipuro	Los teques	661	222,768	252,242	289,531
eleven.	Independence	Santa Teresa del Tui	284	126,999	138,776	157,961
12.	Lander	Okumare del Tui	478	108,970	144,947	170,728
13.	Los salias	San antonio de los altos	51	60,723	68,255	76,035
14.	Paes	Rio Chico	963	30,812	37,944	42,125
15.	Pas castillo	Santa lucia	408	83,976	111,197	124,671
sixteen.	Pedro gual	Cupira	925	17,928	21,831	23,879
17.	Plaza	Guarenas	180	188,135	209,987	238,750
18.	Simon bolivar	San francisco de jare	131	31,944	42,597	48,445
nineteen.	Sucre	Petare	164	546,766	600,351	691,317
20.	Urdaneta	Kua	273	105,606	135,432	167,768
21.	Zamora	Guatire	378	152,422	187,075	218,911
	Total	Los teques	7,950		2,675,165	3,194,390

Population

National and racial composition

Racial composition of the population according to the 2011 census: ^[4]

Racial composition	Population	%
Mestizo	n / a	48.0
Venezuelans of European descent	1,387,265	45.8
Venezuelans of African descent	157,506	5.2
Other	n / a	1.0

Climate

In the lowlands of Miranda, the climate is very warm with temperature differences from 20 ℃ to 42 ℃ and high humidity in the coastal area of Barlovento. In the Altos Mirandios region, the temperature fluctuates slightly throughout the year in the dry season (from December to March) from 10 ℃ to 23 ℃, at the beginning of the rainy season (April, May) it can rise to 33 ℃, during the rest of the year it ranges from 16 ℃ to 25 ℃.

Notes

↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadistica - Censo 2011
↑ ¹ ² Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Caracas.
↑ Constitución del Estado Bolivariano de Miranda
↑ Resultado Básico del XIV Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2011 (Mayo 2014) (neopr.) . Ine.gov.ve. Date of treatment September 8, 2015.

Links

Miranda State Government (Spanish)
Miranda Autonomous Library and Information Institute (Spanish)
2011 Census in Miranda and Municipalities (Spanish)

[1] Instituto Nacional de Estadistica - Censo 2011

[Estadistica-2] ¹ ² Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Caracas.

[3] Constitución del Estado Bolivariano de Miranda

[Census2011-4] Resultado Básico del XIV Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2011 (Mayo 2014) (neopr.) . Ine.gov.ve. Date of treatment September 8, 2015.