The San Carlos Municipality is one of the nine municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Cojedes and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 106,760. The city of San Carlos is the municipal seat of the San Carlos Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Cojedes.zip

History

Father Capuchino Fray Pedro de Berja founded the city of San Carlos de Austria on April 27, 1678.

Demographics

The San Carlos Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 97,860 (up from 85,402 in 2000). This amounts to 32.6% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is .

Government

The mayor of the San Carlos Municipality is José Jesús Betancourt Sanoja, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 52% of the vote. The municipality is divided into three parishes; “San Carlos de Austria, Juan Angel Bravo, and Manuel Manrique.

Sites of interest

Religious buildings

*Catedral de San Carlos *Iglesia Santo Domingo *Iglesia San Juan

Squares and parks

*Plaza Bolívar

References

External links

Information on the municipalities of Cojedes

Municipalities of Cojedes (state) {{Cojedes-geo-stub