[2] Ocumare de la Costa, known for its attractive tourist beaches, hides a great history in its mountains.

Today, traveling from other parts of the country to Ocumare is easy compared with previous years; one had to travel by horse and carriage through the mountains (passing through the towns of San Joaquin, El Loro, Hacienda Santa Maria, and Cumboto on the way) in order to get to Ocumare de la Costa.

In 1921, the construction of today's modern highway began, and it was completed in 1927.

The Ocumare de la Costa de Oro Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 9,605 (up from 8,239 in 2000).

[3] The municipality's population density is 28.25 inhabitants per square kilometre (73.2/sq mi).