| El Vigia | |
| Official Name: | Alberto Adriani Municipality |
| Native Name: | Municipio Alberto Adriani |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Flag Size: | 100px |
| Seal Size: | 100px |
| Mapsize: | 300px |
| Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Alberto Adriani Municipality within Venezuela |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300px |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Venezuela |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mérida |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Lisandro Garcia |
| Leader Party: | MUD |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 250257 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Established |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Timezone: | VET |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code(s) |
| Area Code: | 0275 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
The Alberto Adriani Municipality (pronounced as /es/) (better known as El Vigia) is one of the 23 municipalities (Spanish; Castilian: [[municipio]]s) 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 128,222.[1] The town of El Vigía is the shire town of the Alberto Adriani Municipality.[2]
El Vigia experiences a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen: Af)[3] characterized by consistently hot temperatures and abundant rainfall throughout the year. The total annual precipitation is 2089.5 millimeters (82.27 inches). El Vigia experiences precipitation peaks from April to May and October to November.
The Alberto Adriani Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 128,222 (up from 109,215 in 2000). This amounts to 15.2% of the state's population.[4] The municipality's population density is .[5]
The mayor of the Alberto Adriani Municipality is Lisandro Garcia[6] [7] The municipality is divided into seven parishes; Presidente Betancourt, Presidente Páez, Presidente Rómulo Gallegos, Gabriel Picón González, Héctor Amable Mora, José Nucete Sardi, and Pulido Méndez.
Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport serves the town, with six commercial airlines flying to it.