Independencia Municipality, Miranda
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| name = Independencia Municipality
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| native_name = Municipio Independencia
| native_name_lang = es
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| settlement_type = Municipality
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| map_caption = Location in Miranda
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Miranda
| seat_type = Municipal seat
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Wilmer Salazar (MVR)
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| population_as_of = 2007
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| population_total = 160899
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| established_title = Founded
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| established_title2 = Incorporated
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| timezone = VET
| utc_offset = −4
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| area_code = 0239
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Independencia 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 160,899.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls {{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The town of Santa Teresa del Tuy is the municipal seat of the Independencia Municipality.{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Miranda.zip |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-03-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221102920/http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Miranda.zip |archivedate=2007-12-21 }}
Demographics
The Independencia Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 160,899 (up from 137,469 in 2000). This amounts to 5.6% of the state's population.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls {{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The municipality's population density is {{convert|566.55|PD/sqkm}}.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls {{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Government
The mayor of the Independencia Municipality is Wilmer Salazar, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 50% of the vote.http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/13/alcaldedis=0&edo=13&mun=4&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-03-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002063906/http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf |archivedate=2006-10-02 }} The municipality is divided into two parishes; Santa Teresa del Tuy and El Cartanal.