Simón Planas Municipality

Simón Planas Municipality

Venezuelan Municipality
name= Simón Planas


country= Venezuela
state= Lara
shiretown= Sarare
area= 808 km² (502.1 sq mi)
population= 35,170
year_estimate= 2007
population_density= 43.53/km² (70.1/sq mi)
mayor= Naudy Jesús Ledezma Canelón (MVR)
time_zone= VST ()
area_code(s)= 0251
website= http://simonplanas-lara.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/
website_name= simonplanas-lara.gob.ve

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. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls] The town of Sarare is the shire town of the Simón Planas Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip]

History

The municipality was officially founded in 1990.

Demographics

The Simón Planas Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 35,170 (up from 29,521 in 2000). This amounts to 2% of the state's population. [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls] The municipality's population density is 70.1 people per square mile (43.53/km²). [http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls]

Government

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

ee also

*Sarare
*Lara
*Municipalities of Venezuela

References

External links

* [http://simonplanas-lara.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ simonplanas-lara.gob.ve] es icon


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