title: Páez Municipality, Miranda
text: # Páez Municipality, Miranda
  
  Páez 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 39,097. The town of Río Chico is the municipal seat of the Páez Municipality.
  
  ## Name
  
  The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Páez Municipality" for independence hero José Antonio Páez.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  The Páez Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 39,097 (up from 33,259 in 2000). This amounts to 1.4% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 40.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (105/sq mi).
  
  ## Government
  
  The mayor of the Páez Municipality is Emilio Ruiz, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 39% of the vote. The municipality is divided into five parishes; Río Chico, El Guapo, Tacarigua de La Laguna, Paparo, and San Fernando del Guapo.
  
  