Mérida (State)

Merida
Symbols
flag coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Venezuela
Capital	Merida
surface	11,300 km²
Residents	715,268 (2001 estimate)
density	63 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	VE-L
Website	www.merida.gob.ve (Spanish)
politics
governor	Alexis Ramírez
Political party	United Socialist Party of Venezuela

Coordinates: 8 ° 33 ′  N , 71 ° 23 ′  W

Mérida is a federal state of Venezuela and is located in the Andean region in the west of the country, in the north it borders on Lake Maracaibo . The capital of the state is the city of Mérida , which is located at 1,630 meters above sea level.

Tourism as well as agriculture and mining are of economic importance .

In Mérida is the Teleférico de Mérida cable car , which according to its own information is the highest and longest in the world and leads in four sections up to about 4,800 meters to the Pico Espejo.

The State of Mérida is also home to the Universidad de Los Andes (ULA) .

Administrative division

Mérida is divided into 23 districts ( Municipios ), their capitals are given in brackets:

1. Alberto Adriani ( El Vigía )
2. Andrés Bello ( La Azulita )
3. Antonio Pinto Salinas ( Santa Cruz de Mora )
4. Aricagua ( Aricagua )
5. Arzobispo Chacón ( Canagua )
6. Campo Elías ( Ejido )
7. Caracciolo Parra Olmedo ( Tucaní )
8. Cardenal Quintero ( Santo Domingo )
9. Guaraque ( Guaraque )
10. Julio César Salas ( Arapuey )
11. Justo Briceño ( Torondoy )
12. Libertador ( Mérida )
13. Miranda ( Timotes )
14. Obispo Ramos de Lora ( Santa Elena de Arenales )
15. Padre Noguera ( Santa María de Caparo )
16. Pueblo Llano ( Pueblo Llano )
17. Rangel ( Mucuchíes )
18. Rivas Dávila ( Bailadores )
19. Santos Marquina ( Tabay )
20. Sucre ( Lagunillas )
21. Tovar ( Tovar )
22. Tulio Febres Cordero ( Nueva Bolivia )
23. Zea ( Zea )

building

In Mérida is the Centro Penitenciario de la Región Andina , one of the most important prisons in the Venezuelan Andes.

Web links

Commons : State of Mérida  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Website (Spanish)