Valles del Tuy metropolitan area

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Valles del Tuy metropolitan area
Area Metropolitana de los Valles del Tuy
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Valles del Tuy metropolitan area
CountryFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
State Flag of Miranda state.svg  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
811,166
  Metro density480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-4:30 (VST)

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.

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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:

MunicipalityArea (km²) [5] Population 2016 [6] Population
density 2016 (/km²)
Cristóbal Rojas 120141,5931,179.94
Independencia 284157,961556.20
Lander 478170,728357.19
Paz Castillo 408124,671305.57
Simón Bolívar 13148,445369.81
Urdaneta 273167,768614.53
Valles del Tuy metropolitan area1,694811,166478.85

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.

StationLocationTravel timeWait time
Libertador Simón BolívarCaracas Federal District
Generalísimo Francisco de MirandaNorth Charallave Miranda State17 min2 min
Don Simón RodríguezSouth CharallaveMiranda State4 min2 min
General Ezequiel ZamoraCúaMiranda State10 min

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