Aricagua Municipality

The Aricagua Municipality is one of the 23 municipalities that make up the Venezuelan state of Mérida and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality had a population of 4,564. The town of Aricagua is the shire town of the Aricagua Municipality.

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Demographics

The Aricagua Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, had a population of 4,564. This amounted to 0.5% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is.

Government

The mayor of the Aricagua Municipality is Nelson Jesus Márquez Rojas, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 59% of the vote. The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Aricagua and San Antonio.