Simón Rodríguez Municipality
Simón Rodríguez Municipality
Municipio Simón Rodríguez | |
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Location in Anzoátegui | |
| Coordinates: 8°46′40″N 64°10′16″W / 8.7778°N 64.1711°W | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| State | Anzoátegui |
| Municipal seat | El Tigre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ernesto Raydan (AD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 712.8 km2 (275.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 236.566 |
| • Density | 0.33/km2 (0.86/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| Area code(s) | 0283 |
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The Simón Rodríguez Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 182,474. The town of El Tigre is the shire town of the Simón Rodríguez Municipality.