| Caripe | |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Coordinates: | 10.0694°N -63.1997°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Venezuela |
| Subdivision Type1: | Monagas |
| Subdivision Name1: | State |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1734 |
| Founder: | Fray Pedro de Gelsa |
| Seat: | Caripe |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Party: | PSUV |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Dalila Rosillo |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 529 |
| Population Total: | 31336 |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | VET |
| Utc Offset1: | -4 |
| Website: | Alcaldía del Municipio Caripe |
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.[1]
Carnivals: In February or March.
The dishes typical in Caripe are arepa and hot chocolate. The people drink rum of petals of roses.