Simón Planas Municipality

Simón Planas Municipality

Municipio Simón Planas
Simón Planas Municipality Municipio Simón Planas
Municipality
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	Location in Lara
	Simón Planas Municipality Location in Venezuela
	Coordinates: 9°53′43″N 69°02′58″W / 9.895358°N 69.049424°WCoordinates: 9°53′43″N 69°02′58″W / 9.895358°N 69.049424°W
Country	Venezuela
State	Lara
Municipal seat	Sarare
Government
• Mayor	Fermín Marín (PSUV)
Area
• Total	808 km2 (312 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	35,170
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0251
Website	Official website
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The Simón Planas Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 35,170.^[1] The town of Sarare is the shire town of the Simón Planas Municipality.^[2]

History[]

The municipality was officially founded in 1990.

Demographics[]

The Simón Planas Municipality, according to a 2011 population census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 35,802 (up from 29,521 in 2000). This amounts to 2% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 43.53 inhabitants per square kilometre (112.7/sq mi).^[4]

Government[]

The mayor of the Simón Planas Municipality is Naudy Jesús Ledezma Canelón, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 61% of the vote.^[5]^[6] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Sarare, Buría, and Gustavo Vegas León.^[2]

References[]

^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip^{[permanent dead link]}
^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls^{[permanent dead link]}
^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls^{[permanent dead link]}
^ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/11/alcaldedis=0&edo=11&mun=9&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
^ http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf

External links[]

simonplanas-lara.gob.ve^{[permanent dead link]} (in Spanish)

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