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The Sucre Municipality 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 640,762.¹ The city of Petare is the shire town of the Sucre Municipality.²

History

The Sucre Municipality comprises the metropolitan area of Caracas; Petare is the seat of the municipality and it was founded on February 17, 1621, under the name of Jesús de Petare. Located at 844 meters above sea level, to the east of the valley of Caracas, in a hill that dominates the course of the Guaire river, Petare in the native language means Face to the river.

Demographics

The Sucre Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 640,762 (up from 591,414 in 2000). This amounts to 2.2% of the state's population.³ The municipality's population density is 6,287.9 people per square mile (3,907.09/km²).⁴

Government

Law and government

The constitution of Venezuela specifies that municipal governments be divided into executive and legislative branches. The executive government of the municipality is governed by the mayor, while the legislative government is managed by the Municipal council. On March 8, 2000, the year after a new constitution was introduced in Venezuela, it was decreed in Gaceta Official N° 36,906, that the Metropolitan District of Caracas would be created, and that some of the powers of Baruta would be delegated to the Alcaldía Mayor, which would also start governing the Libertador, Sucre, El Hatillo and Chacao municipalities. Venezuelan municipalities are subdivided in parishes.⁵ The municipality is divided into five parishes; Petare, Caucagüita, Fila de Mariches, La Dolorita, and Leoncio Martínez.²

Mayors

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