It was somewhere on the Peninsula of Paria, near Car�pano, where Christopher Columbus first set foot on the American continent for the only time, during his third voyage (in all his other trips he only explored the Caribbean islands).
It was in Car�pano where Sim�n Bol�var, the liberator of Venezuela, issued a decree ending slavery in 1814.
Car�pano features a peculiar mixture of races, as during the 19th century it was the target of European immigration from Corsica and Sardinia, among other locations.
In May 1962 Car�pano was the scene of a short-lived military rebellion against the government of R�mulo Betancourt, in which rebel military officers took over the city. The incident is known as El Carupanazo.
In July 1997, a violent earthquake struck the city and most of the state. This earthquake was centered in the town of Cariaco, where most of the deaths and damage occurred.Car�pano is the shire town of the Berm�dez Municipality in Sucre. The mayor of the Berm�dez Municipality is Julio C�sar Rodr�guez, elected in 2008. He replaced Jos� Ram�n Renault shortly after the last municipal elections in October 2008.. The new town mayor will be elected in December 2012
