San Carlos Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= San Carlos


country= Venezuela
state= Cojedes
shiretown= San Carlos
area= 1,843 km² (1,145.2 sq mi)
population= 97,860
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 53.1/km² (85.5/sq mi)
mayor= José Jesús Betancourt Sanoja (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0258
website= http://sancarlos-cojedes.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= sancarlos-cojedes.gob.ve

The San Carlos Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Cojedes and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 97,860. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The city of San Carlos is the shire town 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. [ [http://sancarlos-cojedes.gov.ve/portal-alcaldias/ Alcaldías Digitales ] ]

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. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 85.5 people per square mile (53.1/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

The mayor of the San Carlos Municipality is José Jesús Betancourt Sanoja, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 52% of the vote. [http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/8/alcaldedis=0&edo=8&mun=6&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html] [http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf] The municipality is divided into three parishes; “San Carlos de Austria, Juan Angel Bravo, and Manuel Manrique.

ites of interest

Religious buildings

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

quares and parks

*Plaza Bolívar

ee also

*San Carlos
*Cojedes
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://sancarlos-cojedes.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ sancarlos-cojedes.gob.ve] es icon
* [http://cojedes.wepipservices.com/secciones.php?id_m_contenido=11 Information on the municipalities of Cojedes] es icon
* [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ve-h-sc.html Flag & Coat of Arms of San Carlos]