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 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.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls The municipality's population density is .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. The municipality is divided into three parishes; Sarare, Buría, and Gustavo Vegas León.
See also Sarare Lara Municipalities of Venezuela
References
External links simonplanas-lara.gob.ve