title: Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality
text: # Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality
  
  The Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality is one of the 23 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Mérida and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 25,002. The town of Santa Elena de Arenales is the shire town of the Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  The Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 25,002 (up from 21,496 in 2000). This amounts to 2.96% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 77.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (202/sq mi).
  
  ## Government
  
  The mayor of the Obispo Ramos de Lora Municipality is Humberto Gómez, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 49% of the vote. The municipality is divided into three parishes; Capital Obispo Ramos de Lora, Eloy Paredes, and San Rafael de Alcázar.
  
  