Sucre Municipality, Miranda


Sucre Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and one of five the municipalities that make up the Metropolitan District of Caracas. According to a 2016 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 691,317. The parish of Petare is the municipal seat of the Sucre Municipality.
It includes the neighborhood of La Carlota, Miranda near the Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base and the former presidential residence La Casona.

Name

The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Sucre Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Antonio José de Sucre.

Demographics

The Sucre Municipality, according to a 2016 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 691,317. This amounts to 2.2% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is about 11,000 people per square mile.

Government

Mayors

PeriodMayor% of votesPolitical partyNotes
1989-1993Enrique MendozaCOPEIFirst Mayor of municipality
1993-1995Enrique MendozaCOPEI
1995-1998Raoul BermúdezCOPEI
1998-2000Raoul BermúdezCOPEI
2000-2004José Vicente Rangel Ávalos29.98MVR2000 Venezuelan general election
2004-2008José Vicente Rangel Ávalos50.91MVR/PSUVRe elected
2008-2013Carlos Ocariz55.60Primero Justicia
2013-2017Carlos Ocariz52.79Primero JusticiaRe elected
2017José Luis LópezIn charge of the office after Ocariz's resignation
2017-2021José Vicente Rangel Ávalos59.85PSUV

Education

Colegio Japonés de Caracas, the sole Japanese international school in Venezuela, is in Sucre Municipality.