| Official Name: | San Carlos de Austria |
| Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
| Coordinates: | 9.65°N -68.5833°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name: | Venezuela |
| Subdivision Name1: | Cojedes |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ezequiel Zamora Municipality |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | April 27, 1678 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | José Jesús Betancourt Sanoja (MVR) |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Population Total: | 83957 |
| Timezone: | VST |
| Utc Offset: | −4 |
| Elevation M: | 152 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Demonym |
| Population Blank1: | sancarleño |
| Area Code: | 0258 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 2201 |
| Blank1 Name: | Climate |
| Blank1 Info: | Aw |
| Website: | sancarlos-cojedes.gov.ve |
| Footnotes: | The area and population figures are for the municipality |
San Carlos (pronounced as /es/) is the capital of the Venezuelan state of Cojedes. This city is also the municipal seat of the Ezequiel Zamora Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 83,957.[1]
Father Capuchino Fray Pedro de Berja founded the city of San Carlos de Austria on April 27, 1678.[2]
The San Carlos Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 83,957 (up from 62,140 in 1990). This amounts to 33.2% of Cojedes's population.
San Carlos is the shire town of the San Carlos Municipality in Cojedes. The mayor of the San Carlos Municipality is Pablo Rodríguez. The last municipal election was held in April 2013.