Simón Planas Municipality

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| name = Simón Planas Municipality

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| native_name = Municipio Simón Planas

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| settlement_type = Municipality

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| map_caption = Location in Lara

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| pushpin_map_alt = Map showing the location of Simón Planas Municipality within Venezuela

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Lara

| seat_type = Municipal seat

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Fermín Marín (PSUV)

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| population_as_of = 2007

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| population_total = 35170

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| established_title = Founded

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| timezone = VET

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| area_code = 0251

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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.http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/lara/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls {{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The town of Sarare is the shire town of the Simón Planas Municipality.http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Lara.zip {{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}