Altos Mirandinos metropolitan area

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Altos Mirandinos metropolitan area
(Los Teques metropolitan area)
Area Metropolitana de los Altos Mirandinos
Area Metropolitana de Los Teques
Casco central de Los Teques.jpg
Los Teques downtown
CountryFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
State Flag of Miranda state.svg  Miranda
Largest Cities Los Teques
San Antonio de Los Altos
Carrizal
Area
  Metro
774 km2 (299 sq mi)
Population
[1]
   Metro
454,929
  Metro density611.46/km2 (1,583.7/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-4:00 (VST)

Altos Mirandinos metropolitan area [2] or Los Teques metropolitan area [3] (Spanish : Area Metropolitana de Los Altos Mirandinos or Area Metropolitana de Los Teques) is a metropolitan area in Miranda, Venezuela, that includes 3 municipalities, it's part of the Greater Caracas area. [4] It has a population of 454,929 inhabitants.

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Cities

The principal cities of the area are (2013): [1]

  1. Los Teques (pop. 251,872)
  2. San Antonio de Los Altos (pop. 83,866)
  3. Carrizal (pop. 58,561)
  4. Paracotos (pop. 18,598)
  5. San José de Los Altos (pop. 16,489)
  6. San Pedro (pop. 13,170)

Municipalities

The 3 municipalities of the area are:

MunicipalityArea (km2) [5] Population 2013 [1] Population density 2013 (/km2)
Guaicaipuro 661312,502472.77
Los Salias 5183,8661,644.43
Carrizal 3258,5611,830.03
Altos Mirandinos metropolitan area744454,929611.46

Transportation

Metro

The Los Teques Metro is the most important public transportation in the area with an operating line that runs for 9.5 kilometers. The system connects the city of Los Teques with the capital of Caracas.

Timeline of line extensions

LineStationStationLengthStatus
1Las AdjuntasAyacucho-.- kmopened, on October 7, 2015
Las AdjuntasAlí Primera9.5 kmIn everyday service
2Alí PrimeraGuaicaipuro0.7 kmopened on December 11, 2012
GuaicaipuroIndependencia1.0 kmopened on December 1, 2013
IndependenciaLos Cerritos1.7 kmopened on December 1, 2013
Los CerritosCarrizal1.7 kmunder construction, for service TBA
CarrizalLa Carbonera-.- kmunder construction, for service TBA
CarrizalLas Minas4.3 kmunder construction, for service TBA
Las MinasSan Antonio2.5 kmunder construction, for service TBA
3San AntonioLa Morita1.5 kmplanning
La MoritaSan Diego1.6 kmplanning
San DiegoPotrerito4.9 kmplanning
PotreritoLa Mariposa3.0 kmplanning
La MariposaLa Rinconada7.5 kmplanning

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  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2014-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Conurbación Altos Mirandinos: tiene como ciudad principal Los Teques, quien como ya se señaló es la capital del estado Bolivariano de Miranda y por ende de todas las funciones administrativas. Constituye conPlan estadal de Ordenación del Territorio Carrizal y San Antonio de Los Altos una conurbación funcional y físicamente integrada, que dificulta la lectura de los límites municipales; que a su vez conforman microsistemas donde se localizan los poblados de San Pedro y El Jarillo con potencial agro turístico, así como las poblaciones de San Diego de Los Altos y San José de los Altos.
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