title: Las Mercedes Municipality
text: # Las Mercedes Municipality
  
  The Las Mercedes Municipality is one of the 15 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the central Venezuelan state of Guárico and, according to a 2010 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 31,825.
  
  ## Overview
  
  The town of Las Mercedes del Llano is the shire town of the Las Mercedes Municipality.
  
  The Municipality includes the 4.8 km Third Orinoco River Crossing, between Cabruta and Caicara del Orinoco in Bolívar.
  
  