page_title: Mérida (state)
section_title: Health Districts
hierarchical_section_title: Mérida (state) / Health System / Health Districts
caption_attribution_description: Español: Vista de la parte posterior del Hospital San Jose de Tovar
context_page_description: The State of Mérida commonly known simply as Mérida', IPA: ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Mérida, in the Libertador Municipality.
  Located in the Western Andean Region, Mérida State covers a total surface area of 11,300 square kilometres, making it the fifteenth-largest in Venezuela. In 2011, had a census population of 828,592, the fourteenth most populous.
context_section_description: The health system in the state of Merida is divided into six regions or health districts, which are responsible for planning prevention and promotion activities, as well as human resources management, economic resource management, and health center coordination.
  Merida Health District: Municipalities of Libertador, Campo Elias, Santos Marquina, and Aricagua.
  El Vigía Health District: Municipalities Alberto Adriani, Bishop Ramos de Lora and Andrés Bello.
  Tovar Healthcare District: Municipalities of Tovar, Antonio Pinto Salinas, Rivas Dávila, Zea and Guaraque.
  Tucaní Healthcare District: Municipalities of Caracciolo Parra and Olmedo, Tulio Febres-Cordero, Julio César Salas and Justo Briceño.
  Lagunillas Sanitary District: Municipalities of Sucre, Archbishop Chacón and Padre Noguera
  Mucuchies Sanitary District: Municipalities Rangel, Miranda, Cardenal Quintero and Pueblo Llano
caption: San José Hospital, Tovar, Mérida State
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