Valles del Tuy metropolitan area

The Valles del Tuy metropolitan area[2] (Spanish: Area Metropolitana de los Valles del Tuy) is a metropolitan area in Miranda, Venezuela, that includes six municipalities, and is part of the Greater Caracas Area.[3] It had a population of 811,166 inhabitants in 2016.

Valles del Tuy metropolitan area
Area Metropolitana de los Valles del Tuy
Conurbation
Santa Teresa del Tuy
Santa Teresa del Tuy
Valles del Tuy metropolitan area
Valles del Tuy metropolitan area
Country Venezuela
State Miranda
Largest CitiesOcumare del Tuy
Santa Teresa del Tuy
Cúa
Charallave
Santa Lucía
San Francisco de Yare
Area
 • Metro
1,694 km2 (654 sq mi)
Population
[1]
 • Metro
811,166
 • Metro density480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4:30 (VST)

Cities

The principal cities of the area are:[4]

  1. Ocumare del Tuy (pop. 127,027)
  2. Cúa (pop. 110,449)
  3. Santa Teresa del Tuy (pop. 86,299)
  4. Charallave (pop. 75,106)
  5. Santa Lucía (pop. approx. 70,000)
  6. San Francisco de Yare (pop. 37,261)
  7. Nueva Cúa (pop. 32,611)

Municipalities

The six municipalities comprising the area are:

Municipality Area (km²)[5] Population 2016[6] Population
density 2016 (/km²)
Cristóbal Rojas 120 141,593 1,179.94
Independencia 284 157,961 556.20
Lander 478 170,728 357.19
Paz Castillo 408 124,671 305.57
Simón Bolívar 131 48,445 369.81
Urdaneta 273 167,768 614.53
Valles del Tuy metropolitan area 1,694 811,166 478.85

Transportation

Caracas–Cúa branch

After 70 years without major improvements to the Venezuelan railway system the first of an ambitious plan that proposes many new lines, in particular, the Caracas–Cúa one of many Tuy Valley cities a distance of 41 km (25 mi) was opened for public service on October 15, 2006.

The route is part of the Ezequiel Zamora railway axis starts from Caracas and ends in Cúa Miranda State. The main terminal is located next to the Caracas Metro (subway) line 3 La Rinconada Terminal station. This short North-South line can be passenger travelled in approximately, 30 minutes, the following are the names of the 4 stations and the estimated travel time from Caracas and then the additional time to the next station. Also there is a delay time before the train restarts the trip which can be adjusted by management policy.

StationLocationTravel timeWait time
Libertador Simón Bolívar Caracas Federal District
Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda North Charallave Miranda State 17 min 2 min
Don Simón Rodríguez South Charallave Miranda State 4 min 2 min
General Ezequiel Zamora Cúa Miranda State 10 min

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ALVAREZ, Rosangel. "...El area metropolitana de los Valles del Tuy..." (PDF). CONHISREMI. Revista Universitaria de Investigación y Diálogo Académico. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  3. http://www.minamb.gob.ve/files/Ordenacion%20del%20Territorio/4.4-sistema-de-ciudades-vialidad-transporte-revisado.pdf Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine Conurbación Valles del Tuy: Posee centros regionales de segundoorden, representados por las ciudades de Charallave y Cúa, y comocentros de apoyo, las poblaciones de Ocumare del Tuy, San Francisco de Yare, Santa Teresa y Santa Lucia
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.ine.gob.ve/documentos/see/sintesisestadistica2011/estados/miranda/index.htm Sintesis Estadistica de Miranda: POBLACIÓN
  6. Instituto Nacional de Estatisticas, Caracas

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