Chacao Municipality, Miranda
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| Chacao Municipality, Miranda | |||||
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| Country | Venezuela | ||||
| State | Miranda | ||||
| Seat | N/A | ||||
| Founded | September 27, 1769 | ||||
| Incorporated | November 26, 1880 | ||||
| Mayor | Leopoldo López | ||||
| Political party | Primero Justicia | ||||
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| - City | 12 km² | ||||
| - Land | 12 km² | ||||
| - Water | N/A km² | ||||
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| - City (2001) | 65,194 | ||||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | ||||
| Website: http://www.chacao.gov.ve/ | |||||
The Chacao Municipality is located in Miranda State, Venezuela, and is part of the Caracas Metropolitan District. It is situated on the northeast part of Caracas surrounded by the municipalities of Sucre (to the east), Baruta (to the south), Libertador (to the west), and the Vargas State (to the north). The Cerro El Ávila occupies the north part of the municipality. Chacao is small and prosperous. Except for the mountain of Avila, the north half is an exclusive residential district of the upper classes. Many office buildings and embassies are located in the south. The current mayor is Leopoldo López, who was re-elected for the period 2004-2008 and belongs to the political party "Primero Justicia". Chacao municipality (along with its southern neighbour municipalities; Baruta and El Hatillo) has become noted for having a higher level of service delivery (such as sanitation and health care) as well as a higher standard of law-enforcement. The stark contrast between Chacao and such muncipalities as Libertador and Sucre in areas such as security has brought its administration (and particularly Mayor López) into conflict with the National Government as well as the President Chavez aligned administration of Greater Caracas.
[edit] History
The history of the municipality has like departure point, the death of the Cacique Chacao, who gave his life in defense of his town before the Spanish conquerors in 1567. In the Cumanagoto language Chakau (Chacao) means Sand. The foundation of the town begins with the immigration of the victims of the earthquake of San Bernabé, June 11, 1641, that left Caracas in ruins, destroying its churches.
The Conqueror Diego de Losada, founder of the city of Caracas, includes Chacao in his jurisdiction , fertile plain that many visitors, like the Baron Alexander von Humboldt, got to consider like ideal site for the conformation of the city. Even, the repeated epidemics and calamities that knocked down Caracas, the Town hall and the Governor and Commander in chief of the Province, Don Jose Solano y Bote, in 1764, thinks to transfer the city to this locality, idea that was rejected by the Bishop Mauro Tovar, however, many people, went to this town finding refuge in this calm territory to which they turned a productive coffee zone, of great importance in the colonial time.
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| Sub-divisions of Caracas |
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City-wide authority: Alcaldía Mayor (Mayor: Juan Barreto) Municipalities: Baruta (Mayor: Henrique Capriles Radonski) | Chacao (Mayor: Leopoldo López) | El Hatillo (Mayor: Alfredo Catalán) | Libertador (Mayor: Freddy Bernal) | Sucre (Mayor: Jose Vicente Rangel Avalos) |
