Simón Planas Municipality

Simón Planas Municipality

Municipio Simón Planas
Simón Planas Municipality Municipio Simón Planas
Municipality
	Flag Seal
	Location in Lara
	Simón Planas Municipality Location in Venezuela
	Coordinates: 9°47′44″N 69°06′19″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Lara
Municipal seat	Sarare
Government
• Mayor	Fermín Marín (PSUV)
Area
• Total	828.1 km2 (319.7 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	35,170
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0251
Website	Official website

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
http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip
http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls
http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/11/alcaldedis=0&edo=11&mun=9&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

simonplanas-lara.gob.ve (in Spanish)

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[1] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls

[autogenerated1-2] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip

[3] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls

[4] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls

[5] ttp://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/11/alcaldedis=0&edo=11&mun=9&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)