CARUPANO

city, northern Sucre estado (state), northeastern Venezuela. On the Caribbean Sea, near the centre of the twin peninsulas Araya and Paria, Carpano is the commercial nucleus and principal port of an agricultural area, the principal export of which is cacao. Many fertile valleys in the highlands around Carpano and throughout Sucre (representing a high percentage of the state's land area) are under cultivation. The city has grown slowly, as has all of Sucre; there is much out-migration to the national capital, Caracas, and to other states. Carpano is accessible by highway and air as well as by sea. Pop. (1989 est.) 77,637.