The Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities

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 (municipio

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s) that makes up the eastern Venezuela

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n state of Anzoátegui

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 and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 12,936. The town of Valle de Guanape is the shire town

County seat

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 of the Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality.

Demographics

The Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 12,936 (up from 11,654 in 2000). This amounts to 0.8% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 103.49 PD/sqkm.

Government

The mayor of the Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality is Franklyn Guillen, re-elected 23 November 2008 with 55% of the vote. The municipality is divided into two parish

Parish

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es; Valle de Guanape and Santa Bárbara (previous to 27 June 1995, the Francisco del Carmen Carvajal Municipality, or Carvajal Municipality as it was known back then, contained only a single parish).