Sucre Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) 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.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls 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 (up from 591,414 in 2000). This amounts to 2.2% of the state's population.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls The municipality's population density (2016) is about 11,000 people per square mile (4,200/km2).http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
Government
Mayors
Period Mayor % of votes Political party Notes 1989-1993 Enrique Mendoza COPEI First Mayor of municipality 1993-1995 Enrique Mendoza COPEI 1995-1998 Raoul Bermúdez COPEI 1998-2000 Raoul Bermúdez COPEI 2000-2004 José Vicente Rangel Ávalos 29.98 MVR 2000 Venezuelan general election 2004-2008 José Vicente Rangel Ávalos 50.91CNE, 31-10-04 http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/ MVR/PSUV Re elected 2008-2013 Carlos Ocariz 55.60CNE, 23-11-08 http://www.cne.gob.ve/divulgacion_regionales_2008/index.php?e=13&m=09&p=00&c=00&t=00&ca=00&v=02 Primero Justicia 2013-2017 Carlos Ocariz 52.79 Primero Justicia Re elected 2017 José Luis López In charge of the office after Ocariz's resignation 2017-2021 José Vicente Rangel Ávalos 59.85 PSUV
Education
Colegio Japonés de Caracas (カラカス日本人学校), the sole Japanese international school in Venezuela, is in Sucre Municipality."学校案内." Colegio Japonés de Caracas. Retrieved on 7 July 2018. "所在地 Carretera Union Comunidad Juan Garcia El Otro Lado al Sur de Hatillo Distrito Sucre Edo.Miranda"
References
External links www.alcaldias.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/municipiosc.html?id_estado=13&id_municipio=9