Independencia is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 160,899.

[3] The municipality's population density is 566.55 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,467.4/sq mi).

[4] The mayor of the Independencia Municipality is Wilmer Salazar, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 50% of the vote.

[5][6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Santa Teresa del Tuy and El Cartanal.

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