The Carlos Arvelo Municipality (named after Dr. Carlos Arvelo) is one of the 14

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

( municipios) that makes up the

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n state of

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and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 150,277. The town of

Güigüe Güigüe (pronounced Gwigwe) is a city in the south of the Valencia Lake, in Carabobo, Venezuela. It is the capital of the Carlos Arvelo Municipality and of the Güigüe parish. The Güigüe River flows through the city, draining in Lake Valenc ...

is the

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of the Carlos Arvelo Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Carabobo.zip

Geography

The Carlos Arvelo Municipality is located in the southeastern part of

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. It is limited to the north by the Lake of Valencia and the Municipality the Guayos, to the west the Municipality of Valencia, to the South the State of Guárico and to the east the State of Aragua. The Carlos Arvelo Municipality is integrated by the Güigüe Urban Parish (capital Güigüe) and the Belén Non-Urban Parish (capital Belen) and the Tacarigua Non-Urban Parish (capital Tacarigua). The north of the municipality is mostly plain, unlike the central and southern part of the municipality, which is mountainous.

Climate

Minimum monthly temperature in the Carlos Arvelo municipality lies between 12.3 and 22.1 °C, while maximum temperature is between 24.4 and 33.9 °C. Total annual precipitation fluctuates between 932 and 1395 mm. Most rain falls between June and August, while the driest quarter comprises January to March.

Demographics

The Carlos Arvelo Municipality, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 150,277 (up from 124,344 in 2001). This amounts to 6.7% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .

By Parish

By Year

Politics and Government

Mayors

Municipality council

Term 2013-2017

References

External links

carlosarvelo-carabobo.gov.ve
Municipalities of Carabobo {{Carabobo-geo-stub