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+"""
+Simple pie chart with basic features and horizontal bar chart in
+subplot form.
+"""
+
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np
+from matplotlib.gridspec import GridSpec
+
+plt.figure(figsize=(14,8))
+
+#Basic chart data
+c_items = [35, 15, 25, 8, 5, 42]
+c_item_labels = ['London', 'Barcelona', 'Berlin', 'Paris', 'Amsterdam', 'Bern']
+colors = ['#FF0000', '#00FF00', '#0055FF', '#FFFF00', '#CCEEFF','#FF00FF' ]
+
+explode = [0, 0, 0, 0.15, 0.15, 0] #Explode values for pie chart
+
+grid_1 = GridSpec(1,2) #Subplot in 1 row by 2 columns
+
+#Horizontal Bar Chart
+plt.subplot(grid_1[0, 0], aspect=6)
+y_axis_pos=np.arange(len(c_item_labels))
+plt.barh(y_axis_pos, c_items, color=colors, align='center', alpha=1)
+plt.yticks(y_axis_pos,c_item_labels)
+
+#Pie Chart
+plt.subplot(grid_1[0, 1], aspect=1)
+plt.pie(c_items, labels=c_item_labels, colors=colors, explode=explode, autopct='%1.1f%%')
+plt.axis('equal')
+
+plt.show()