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Carúpano is a city in the eastern Venezuelan state of Sucre. It is located on the Venezuelan Caribbean coast at the opening of two valleys, some 120 km east of the capital of Sucre, Cumaná. This city is the shire town of the Bermúdez Municipality and, according to the 2010 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 173,877 inhabitants. Carúpano is considered the gateway to the Paria Peninsula and its main commercial and financial center.
It was somewhere on the Peninsula of Paria, near Carúpano, where Christopher Columbus first set foot on the American continent for the only time, during his third voyage (in all his other trips he only explored the Caribbean islands).
It was in Carúpano where Simón Bolívar, the liberator of Venezuela, issued a decree ending slavery in 1814.
In 1815, King Ferdinand VII of Spain, sent a fleet of 18 warships and 42 cargo ships to Carupano and Isla Margarita with the mission of pacifying the revolts against the Spanish monarchy in the South American colonies.
In May 1962 Carúpano was the scene of a short-lived military rebellion against the government of Rómulo Betancourt, in which rebel military officers took over the city. The incident is known as El Carupanazo.
In July 1997, a violent earthquake reaching 7 on the Richter scale struck the city and most of the state. This earthquake was centered in the town of Cariaco, where most of the deaths and damage occurred.
Cacao, coffee, sugar, cotton, timber and rum have been important exports of Carúpano since colonial times. Carupanese rums are highly appreciated nationwide, so the internal consumption usually leaves little surplus rum for export.
Currently the local General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport does not carry regular commercial flights.
The Bermúdez Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 175,877 (up from 100,794 in 1990). This amounts to 15.5% of Sucre's population. The municipality's population density is 1,559 people per square mile (601.95/km2).
Carúpano "General José Francisco Bermúdez" Airport is an airport serving the city of Carúpano. It functions as the main air transport facility for the Paria region, supporting regional commercial flights and general aviation operations.
Its IATA code is CUP, which is used for ticketing and airline reservation systems, while its ICAO code is SVCP, which is used for flight planning, air traffic control, and other technical aviation purposes.
The Port of Carúpano is located on Perimetral Avenue, at the intersection with La Marina Street, at the western end of Hernán Vásquez Bay. The port lies approximately 100 nautical miles from the Port of Guaraguao and the Dragon, Patao, Mejillones, and Río Caribe gas fields, facilitating the offshore operations of PDVSA Production's Offshore Division by providing logistical support and supply services.
Carúpano is the administrative centre of Bermúdez Municipality. The mayor of the Bermúdez Municipality is Nircia Villegas, elected in 2017.
The House of Cable was where the first submarine cable between Europe and America arrived in 1878, joining the French city of Marseille with Carúpano. This house is today the headquarters of the Tomas Merle Foundation and the Paria Project, two organizations that promote tourism and industry.
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Famous Carupaneros include Wolfgang Larrazábal, former president of Venezuela; Jictzad Viña, Miss Venezuela 2005; Antonio José de Sucre, one of the paramount leaders of the South American war of independence, was thought to have lived there but hailed from Cumana; Andrés Eloy Blanco, one of the most important Venezuelan poets also came from Cumana; Eladio Lárez, president of Radio Caracas Television, one of Venezuela's largest television networks; and Washington Nationals major league baseball catcher Jesús Flores.
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