Miranda Municipality Municipio Miranda
Municipality
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Location in Carabobo
Miranda Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°06′37″N 68°22′45″W / 10.1101624°N 68.3792499°W / 10.1101624; -68.3792499
Country	Venezuela
State	Carabobo
Municipal seat	Miranda
Government
• Mayor	Eduardo A. Sequera
Area
• Total	150.8 km2 (58.2 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	29,092
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0249
Website	Official website
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Miranda is one of the 14 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 29,092. ^[1] The town of Miranda is the shire town of the Miranda Municipality.^[2]

Name

The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named Miranda Municipality for independence hero Francisco de Miranda.

Demographics

The Miranda Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 27,609 (up from 23,869 in 2000). This amounts to 1.2% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 171.48 inhabitants per square kilometre (444.1/sq mi).^[4]

Government

The mayor of the Miranda Municipality is Eduardo A. Sequera.^[5] He replaced Fernando Jimenez shortly after the last municipal elections.^[6] The municipality is divided into one parish (Miranda).^[2]