| Official Name: | Guigue |
| Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name: | Venezuela |
| Subdivision Name1: | Carabobo |
| Subdivision Name2: | Carlos Arvelo Municipality |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1724 |
| Government Type: | Mayor–council |
| Governing Body: | Parroquia Guigue |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Yorman Alvarado (PSUV) |
| Area Total Km2: | 114 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Total: | 60000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | VET |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 10.0833°N -114°W |
| Elevation M: | 667 |
| Blank1 Name: | Climate |
| Blank1 Info: | Aw |
| Website: | alcaldiadecarlosarvelo.gob.ve |
Guigue (pronounced Gwigwe) is a city in the south of the Valencia Lake, in Carabobo, Venezuela. It is the capital of the Carlos Arvelo Municipality and of the Guigue parish. The Guigue River flows through the city, draining in Lake Valencia.
According to the Venezuelan polygraph Dr. Lisandro Alvarado, the etymology of Güigüe comes from the indigenous Caribbean toponymy "UIUE", which means axe, or thunderstone, origin attributable to the indigenous people of the contours of the Lake of Tacarigua or Valencia.[1]
The origin Güigüe, until now, has remained uncertain, but most historians say that Güigüe was founded in 1724,[2] in the church of Our Lady of Rosary the oldest book found by Bishop Mariano Martí is a parish record book that was from 1724, when the parish was served by a priest named Cura Capellán. And this book was written on its front page in calligraphy the following sentence: "3 de mayo de 1724 en el valle de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Güigüe" (May 3rd, 1724 in the Valley of Our Lady of the Rosary of Güigüe). On the other hand, Don Torcuato Manzo Núñez, who in his book "Historia del estado Carabobo", cites that Güigüe was founded in 1747.[3]
Güigüe is located in the central region of Venezuela in the state of Carabobo. It is south of Lake Valencia, 151 km southwest of Caracas. Its lowest elevation is 445 m and its highest elevation is 667 m.[4] The closest cities to Güigüe are Tacarigua (15.3 km west), San Joaquin (20.2 km north), Guacara (23.7 km northwest), Mariara (23.8 km northeast), and Valencia (25.3 km northwest).[5] The nearest airports are Arturo Michelena International Airport in Valencia (17.9 km northwest) and Mariscal Sucre Airport in Maracay (23.4 km northeast). The limits of the Municipality of Güigüe are, north: Lake of Valencia, with the islands El Burro, Caiguire, Otama, El Fraile. South: la serranía de Cerro Azul, east: the state of Aragua, west: the Tacarigua parish of the Carlos Arvelo municipality.[1]
As of 2005, the urban parish of Güigüe has a little bit over 60,000 inhabitants.
| Pop. | Change % | ||
| 1990 | 45339 | ||
| 1991 | 46546 | +2.7% | |
| 1992 | 47747 | +2.6% | |
| 1993 | 48940 | +2.5% | |
| 1994 | 50124 | +2.4% | |
| 1995 | 51302 | +2.4% | |
| 1996 | 52471 | +2.3% | |
| 1997 | 53631 | +2.2% | |
| 1998 | 54781 | +2.1% | |
| 1999 | 55921 | +2.1% | |
| 2000 | 57043 | +2.0% | |
| 2005 | 62464 | +9.5% |