title: Paz Castillo Municipality
text: # Paz Castillo Municipality
  
  Paz Castillo is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda, named after poet and diplomat Fernando Paz Castillo and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 111,335. The town of Santa Lucía is the municipal seat of the Paz Castillo Municipality.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  The Paz Castillo Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 111,335 (up from 90,778 in 2000). This amounts to 3.9% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 272.88 inhabitants per square kilometre (706.8/sq mi).
  
  ## Government
  
  The mayor of the Paz Castillo Municipality is Elio Serrano, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 57% of the vote. The municipality is divided into one parishes; (Santa Lucía).
  
  