Bolívar is one of the 13 municipalities of the state of

Monagas Monagas State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Monagas State covers a total surface area of and, as of the 2011 census, had a population of 905,443. Monagas State is surrounded by Sucre State in the north, Anzoátegui State in the ...

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

. The capital is

Caripito Caripito is a city in the state of Monagas, Venezuela. It has around 50,000 inhabitants. It is the third largest city in the state, after Maturín and Punta de Mata. History Caripito is first recorded as a mission town, but the existence of ...

. The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named ‘Bolívar Municipality’ in honour of Venezuelan independence hero

Simón Bolívar Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24July 178317December 1830) was a Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bol ...

. By decree of 16 January 1896, the Monagas State legislature created the Colon Municipality of the Piar District in the Maturín section, consisting of the hamlets Caripito, Río Abajo, Sabaneta, El Amparo, and Sabana de Teresen, which was part of the Municipality of Punceres Of Piar District.

Geography

The climate is tropical as in all the climatic zone of the same name, the temperature must oscillate between 20°C and 30°C. All the surface of the area pours its waters to the Gulf of Paria through the San Juan River, by direct tributaries to that River. Among the first are Rio Caripe - Rio San Miguel.

Mayors

* Carlos Betancourt. (2004 - 2008), (2008 - 2013) and (2013 - 2017),

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. * Nelson Lopez. (2017 - 2021),

References

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