The San Carlos Municipality is one of the nine
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
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
n 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
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
es; “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)
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