Santiago Mariño Carige Fitzgerald (25 July 1788 in Valle Espíritu Santo, Margarita – 4 September 1854 in La Victoria, Aragua), was a nineteenth-century Venezuelan revolutionary leader and hero in the Venezuelan War of Independence (1811–1823).

The Santiago Mariño Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 211,010. [1]

Caracas (/ k ə ˈ r æ k ə s,-ˈ r ɑː k-/ kə-RA(H)K-əs, Spanish:), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). [2]

Santiago Mariño [3] es uno de los 18 municipios que conforman el estado Aragua. Se encuentra ubicado al norte del estado y tiene una superficie de 497 km² [1] y una población de 224.880 habitantes (censo 2023), [2] es el segundo municipio más poblado de Aragua. Su capital es la ciudad de Turmero.

Santiago Mariño Carige (El Valle del Espíritu Santo, 25 de julio de 1788-La Victoria, 4 de septiembre de 1854) fue un militar y político venezolano, general en jefe del ejército de Venezuela y prócer de la independencia de Hispanoamérica.

Santiago Mariño (b. 25 July 1788; d. 4 September 1854), Venezuelan Independence leader. From 1811 to 1821 the aristocratic General Mariño led patriot forces against Spanish rule, especially in his native eastern Venezuela, where he was the most powerful caudillo.

Santiago Marino was one of Simón Bolivar’s principal lieutenants and one of Venezuela’s important political leaders after independence. Santiago Marino was born on 25 July 1788 in Nueva Esparta. With the outbreak of the independence movement, he was a leader of the struggle in the Guayana region.

Santiago Marino (25 July 1788 – 4 September 1854) was a Venezuelan general and revolutionary leader who emerged as a major caudillo in the eastern parts of the country during the Venezuelan War of Independence and the ensuing internal conflicts.

Originally from the island of Margarita, in present-day Venezuela, Mariño attempted to single-handedly liberate the region from the Spanish. With Bolívar invading from the west, Mariño attacked Venezuela from the east.

The Santiago Mariño Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 211,010.