Guacara Municipality Municipio Guacara
Municipality
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Location in Carabobo
Guacara Municipality Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°15′35″N 67°53′12″W / 10.2598576°N 67.8865818°W / 10.2598576; -67.8865818
Country	Venezuela
State	Carabobo
Municipal seat	Guacara
Government
• Mayor	Gerardo Sanchez (PSUV)
Area
• Total	206.4 km2 (79.7 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	176,218
• Density	850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0243
Website	Official website
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The Guacara Municipality is one of the fourteen municipalities (municipios) that make up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo. according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 176,218.^[1] The town of Guacara is the shire town of the Guacara Municipality.^[2]

Demographics

The Guacara Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 171,123 (up from 145,132 in 2000). This amounts to 7.7% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 1,037.11 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,686.1/sq mi).^[4]

Government

The mayor of the Guacara Municipality is Jhoan Castañeda.^[5] He replaced Jose Manuel Flores Salazar shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into three parishes; Ciudad Alianza, Guacara, and Yagua.^[2]