Valles del Tuy metropolitan area Area Metropolitana de los Valles del Tuy | |
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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 | |
• Metro | 811,166 |
• Metro density | 480/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.
The principal cities of the area are: [4]
The six municipalities comprising the area are:
Municipality | Area (km²) [5] | Population 2016 [6] | Population density 2016 (/km²) |
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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 |
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 | |
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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 | |
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