page_title: Miranda (state)
section_title: Other important towns
hierarchical_section_title: Miranda (state) / Administrative divisions / Other important towns
caption_attribution_description: Español: Playa Paraiso Costa de Miranda, Venezuela
context_page_description: Miranda State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela and the second most populous after Zulia State. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,675,165 residents. It also has the greatest Human Development Index in Venezuela, according to the Venezuelan National Institute of Statistics. The most recent population estimate was 3,194,390 in mid-2016.
  Miranda is an important center for political, economic, cultural and commercial activities. The state is administered by a governor, and is sub-divided into 21 municipalities, each under a mayor.
  Miranda State covers a total surface area of 7,950 km².
context_section_description: Aragüita
  Araira
  Capaya
  Cartanal
  Cumbo
  Curiepe
  El Café
  El Clavo
  El Guapo
  La Democracia
  Laguna de Tacarigua
  Las Brisas
  Machurucuto
  Marizapa
  Minas de Baruta
  Nueva Cúa
  Panaquire
  Paparo
  Paracotos
  San Antonio de Yare
  San José de Río Chico
  San Pedro de los Altos
  Tacarigua de Mamporal
  Tácata
  Tapipa
caption: Paraiso Beach, Brión Municipality
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