San Carlos () is the capital of the

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of Cojedes. This city is also the

municipal seat A municipal seat or ''cabecera municipal'' is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a municipality or civil parish with other villes or towns subordinated. The term is used in Brazil, Colombia,Ezequiel Zamora Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan

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, the municipality has a population of 83,957.Primeros Resultados XIII Censo General de Población y Vivienda

History

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

Demographics

The San Carlos Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 83,957 (up from 62,140 in 1990). This amounts to 33.2% of Cojedes's population.

Government

San Carlos is the

shire town A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ...

of the San Carlos Municipality in Cojedes. The mayor of the San Carlos Municipality is Pablo Rodríguez. The last municipal election was held in April 2013.

Sites of interest

Historical sites

* La Blanquera, a historical colonial-baroque style house founded by a wealthy family of

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in the 18th-century * Catedral de San Carlos * Iglesia Santo Domingo * Iglesia San Juan Bautista

Squares and parks

* Plaza Bolívar

References

External links

Flag & Coat of Arms of San Carlos

{{State capitals of Venezuela Cities in Cojedes (state) Populated places established in 1678 1678 establishments in the Spanish Empire