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Estado Carabobo
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Motto(s): 
Laitin: Ocassus servitutis
(Decline of servitude)
Location athin Venezuela
Location athin Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°11′35″N 67°58′48″W / 10.193°N 67.98°W / 10.193; -67.98Coordinates: 10°11′35″N 67°58′48″W / 10.193°N 67.98°W / 10.193; -67.98
KintraVenezuela
Created1864
CaipitalValencia
Govrenment
 • GovrenorHenrique Salas Feo (2008–2012)
Area
 • Total4650 km2 (1,800 sq mi)
Area rank21st
 0,51% of Venezuela
Population
 (2007 est.)
 • Total2,227,000
 • Rank4th
 8,38% o Venezuela
Time zoneUTC-04:00
ISO 3166 codeVE-G
Emblematic treeCamoruco (Sterculia apelata)
Websitewww.carabobo.gob.ve

Carabobo State (Spaingie: Estado Carabobo, IPA: [esˈtaðo kaɾaˈβoβo]) is ane o the 23 states o Venezuela, locatit in the north o the kintra, aboot twa oors bi caur frae Caracas. The caipital ceety o this state is Valencia, which is the kintra's main industrial centre an aw. The state's aurie is 4,650 km² an haed an estimatit population o 2,227,000 in 2007.[1]

Carabobo wis the steid o the Battle o Carabobo on 24 Juin 1821. This wis a decisive win in the war o unthirldom frae Spain, an wis led bi Simón Bolívar.

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Carabobo haes 14 municipalities:

Municipio Caipital Population[2] Area (km²) Density (inhab./km²) Parishes
Bejuma Bejuma 46041 469 98,17 Bejuma, Canoabo, Simón Bolívar
Carlos Arvelo Güigüe 149313 835 178,82 Güigüe, Belén, Tacarigua
Diego Ibarra Mariara 111938 79 1416,94 Aguas Calientes, Mariara
Guacara Guacara 174868 165 1059,81 Guacara, Yagua, Ciudad Alianza
Juan José Mora Morón 66269 453 146,29 Morón, Urama
Libertador Tocuyito 178904 558 320,62 Tocuyito, Independencia
Los Guayos Los Guayos 161341 73 2210,15 Los Guayos
Miranda Miranda, Carabobo 28135 161 174,75 Miranda
Montalbán Montalbán 24154 107 225,74 Montalbán
Naguanagua Naguanagua 144308 188 767,70 Naguanagua
Puerto Cabello Puerto Cabello 196942 729 270,15 Bartolomé Salón, Democracia, Fraternidad, Goaigoaza, Juan José Flores, Unión, Borburata, Patanemo
San Diego San Diego 77154 106 727,87 San Diego
San Joaquín San Joaquín 62777 127 494,31 San Joaquín
Valencia Valencia 839926 623 1348,2 Candelaria, Catedral, El Socorro, Miguel Peña,Rafael Urdaneta, San Blas, San José, Santa Rosa, Negro Primero

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