according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 176,218.

[3] The municipality's population density is 1,037.11 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,686.1/sq mi).

[4] The mayor of the Guacara Municipality is Jhoan Castañeda.

[5] He replaced Jose Manuel Flores Salazar shortly after the elections.

The municipality is divided into three parishes; Ciudad Alianza, Guacara, and Yagua.