The Palavecino Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 174,099. The town of Cabudare is the shire town of the Palavecino Municipality.

The Palavecino Municipality, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 174,099 (up from 155,653 in 2007). This amounts to 9.8% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 353.76 inhabitants per square kilometre (916.2/sq mi).

The mayor of the Palavecino Municipality is Mirla Vires, elected in 2017 with 64.85% of the vote and 59.23% abstention. The municipality is divided into three parishes; Cabudare, José Gregorio Bastidas, and Agua Viva .

• Cabudare
• Lara
• Municipalities of Venezuela

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