Caipital Destrict (Venezuela)
Caipital Destrict | |
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| Caipital | Caracas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 433 km2 (167 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,097,400 |
The Caipital Destrict (Spaingie:Distrito Capital) o Venezuela is a federal destrict correspondin tae the caipital Caracas. It haes an aurie o 433 km² an thare is ae ane admeenistrative diveesion (municipio), Libertador, which contains the Ceety o Caracas. It is the seat o the federal govrenment an the heid o the public pouers.
The population in 2004 wis 2,073,768. The destrict borders on the states o Vargas an Miranda.
Lang Syne it haed its awn local govrenment wi a govrenor, but the constitutional reform o 1999 abolisht the destrict govrenment an creatit insteid the Metropolitan Destrict o Caracas, wi jurisdiction ower the territory o the destrict an an' a' fower adjacent municipios (Baruta, Chacao, el Hatillo an Sucre) in Miranda.
On 13 Aprile 2009, the Naitional Assembly passed a law creatin the figure o a heid o govrenment for the destrict which wad be designatit bi the Preses.[2] On 14 Aprile 2009, Jacqueline Faria wis named Heid o Govrenment o the Caipital Destrict [3]
Municipality
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Venezuela: Federal States, Major Cities & Localities". City Population. Retrieved 24 Februar 2010.
- ↑ Official Gazette, 14 April 2009, (in Spaingie) Official announcement[deid airtin]
- ↑ http://www.abn.info.ve/noticia.php?articulo=177609&lee=10