Miranda 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 22,879.[1] The town of Timotes is the shire town of the Miranda Municipality.[2] The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named Miranda Municipality after the Venezuelan revolutionary and independence hero Francisco de Miranda.
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- miranda-merida.gob.ve[permanent dead link ] (in Spanish)