Valles del Tuy Metropolitan Area

Valles del Tuy Metropolitan Area
Area Metropolitana de los Valles del Tuy
Conurbation

Santa Teresa del Tuy

Valles del Tuy Metropolitan area
Country  Venezuela
State

 Miranda

Largest Cities Ocumare 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 754,081
 • Metro density 445.14/km2 (1,152.9/sq mi)
Time zone VST (UTC-4:30)
Valles del Tuy metropolitan area in green

The Valles del Tuy metropolitan area[2] (Spanish: Area Metropolitana de los Valles del Tuy) is a metropolitan area in Miranda, Venezuela, that includes 6 municipalities, it's part of the Greater Caracas Area.[3] It has a population of 693,864 inhabitants.

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 6 municipalities of the area are:

Municipality Area (km²)[5] Population 2013 [6] Population density 2013 (/km²)
Cristóbal Rojas 120 106,285 885.70
Independencia 284 179,745 632.90
Lander 478 149,581 312.93
Paz Castillo 408 129,509 317.42
Simón Bolívar 131 149,581 312.93
Lander 273 143,060 524.02
Valles del Tuy Metropolitan Area 1694 754,081 445.14

Transportation

Rail

Caracas – Cúa Branch

Train leaves General Ezequiel Zamora Station, Cúa.

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.

Station Location Travel Time Wait 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. ↑ http://www.cne.gov.ve/web/normativa_electoral/elecciones/2013/municipales/circunscripciones/Miranda.pdf
  2. ↑ ALVAREZ, Rosangel. "...El area metropolitana de los Valles del Tuy...". 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 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. ↑ http://www.cne.gov.ve/web/normativa_electoral/elecciones/2013/municipales/circunscripciones/Miranda.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/documentos/see/sintesisestadistica2011/estados/miranda/index.htm Sintesis Estadistica de Miranda: POBLACIÓN
  6. ↑ http://www.cne.gov.ve/web/normativa_electoral/elecciones/2013/municipales/circunscripciones/Miranda.pdf

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