Bolívar Municipality, Monagas
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Bolívar | |
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Municipality | |
 Nazareno monument in Caripito | |
.png) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Acosta Municipality in Monagas | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| State | Monagas |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Junior Ortíz Martinez ((PSUV)) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 54,777 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
Bolívar is one of the 13 municipalities of the state of Monagas, Venezuela. The capital is Caripito. The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named ‘Bolívar Municipality’ in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar.
By decree of 16 January 1896, the Monagas State legislature created the Colon Municipality of the Piar District in the Maturín section, consisting of the hamlets Caripito, Río Abajo, Sabaneta, El Amparo, and Sabana de Teresen, which was part of the Municipality of Punceres Of Piar District.
