Urdaneta Municipality, Miranda
Urdaneta Municipality
Municipio Urdaneta | |
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Area code(s) | 0239 |
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Urdaneta is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2016 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 167,768.[1] The town of Cúa is the municipal seat of the Urdaneta Municipality.[2] The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Urdaneta Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Rafael Urdaneta.
History
The first establishments of Cúa dates from the
The name of Cúa, according to some historians, has it origin from the
Demographics
The Urdaneta Municipality, according to a 2016 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 167,768 (up from 114,221 in 2000). This amounts to 4.6% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 478.54 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,239.4/sq mi).[4]
Government
The mayor of the Urdaneta Municipality is Jorge H. Castro, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 42% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into Cúa parishes; Cúa and Nueva Cúa.[2]
Transportation
- Buses are the main means of mass transportation, operated by several companies on normal streets and avenues:
- bus; large buses.
- buseta; medium size buses.
- microbus or colectivo; vans or minivans.
- IAFE; train services to and from Caracas and Charallave.
Main avenues
- Perimetral avenue
- Monseñor Pellín avenue
- José María Carreño street
- El Rosario street
- El Carmen street
- Lecumberry street
- San Rafael street
- Juan España street
- Zamora street
Notable natives
- José María Carreño
- Evencio Castellanos
- María Teresa Castillo
- Baudilio Díaz
- Pancho Prin
- Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel
- Cristóbal Rojas
- Ezequiel Zamora
References
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls [permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls [permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls [permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/13/alcaldedis=0&edo=13&mun=10&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html [bare URL]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- urdaneta-miranda.gob.ve (in Spanish)