Caripe Municipality

{{Short description|Municipality in Monagas State, Venezuela}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2010}} {{Infobox settlement  | name = Caripe | native_name = | native_name_lang = es | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag of Caripe municipality.webp | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Venezuela - Monagas - Caripe.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Caripe Municipality in Monagas | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|10|04|10|N|63|11|59|W|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Venezuela | subdivision_type1 = Monagas | subdivision_name1 = State | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1734 | founder = Fray Pedro de Gelsa<ref name=alcaldia/> | seat_type = | seat = Caripe | government_footnotes = <ref name=alcaldia>{{cite web |url=http://www.monagas.gob.ve/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=52 |title=Alcaldia de Municipio Caripe |publisher=State Government of Monagas |access-date=2010-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118144422/http://www.monagas.gob.ve/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=52 |archive-date=2009-11-18 }}</ref> | leader_party = PSUV | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Dalila Rosillo | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 529 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 31336 | population_as_of = 2001 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = VET | utc_offset1 = −4 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20091118144422/http://www.monagas.gob.ve/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=52 Alcaldía del Municipio Caripe] | footnotes = }}

'''Caripe''' is one of the 13 municipalities of the state of Monagas, Venezuela. The municipality's capital is Caripe, and the Cueva del Guácharo National Park is its main tourist attraction. In the north it borders the state of Sucre, to the east is the municipality of Piar, to the south are the municipalities of Bolivar and Punceres and to the west is the municipality of Acosta.<ref name=alcaldia/>

== Culture == === Public holidays === Carnivals: In February or March.

=== Cuisine === The dishes typical in Caripe are arepa and hot chocolate. The people drink rum of petals of roses.{{cn|date=January 2023}}

== Politics and government == === Mayors === *Luis Alirio Amundaray. (2004 - 2008, 2008 - 2013) PSUV. *Ángel Rodríguez. (2013 - 2017) PSUV. * Orangel Salazar. (2017 – 2021) * Dalila Rosillo.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Estrella|title=Dalila Rosillo recibió acreditación como alcaldesa de Caripe|url=https://laverdaddemonagas.com/2021/11/27/dalila-rosillo-recibio-acreditacion-como-alcaldesa-de-caripe/|access-date=2021-11-28|language=es}}</ref> (2021 – present)

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Category:Municipalities of Monagas