The Valles del Tuy metropolitan area () is a metropolitan area in Miranda, Venezuela, that includes six municipalities, and is part of the Greater Caracas Area.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 It had a population of 811,166 inhabitants in 2016.
Cities The principal cities of the area are: Ocumare del Tuy (pop. 127,027) Cúa (pop. 110,449) Santa Teresa del Tuy (pop. 86,299) Charallave (pop. 75,106) Santa Lucía (pop. approx. 70,000) San Francisco de Yare (pop. 37,261) Nueva Cúa (pop. 32,611)
Municipalities
The six municipalities comprising the area are:
MunicipalityArea (km2)http://www.ine.gob.ve/documentos/see/sintesisestadistica2011/estados/miranda/index.htm Sintesis Estadistica de Miranda: POBLACIÓNPopulation 2016Instituto Nacional de Estatisticas, CaracasPopulation density 2016 (/km2) Cristóbal Rojas120141,5931,179.94 Independencia284157,961556.20 Lander478170,728357.19 Paz Castillo408124,671305.57 Simón Bolívar13148,445369.81 Urdaneta273167,768614.53 Valles del Tuy metropolitan area1,694811,166478.85
Transportation
Rail
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 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 CaracasFederal District Generalísimo Francisco de MirandaNorth CharallaveMiranda State17 min2 minDon Simón RodríguezSouth CharallaveMiranda State4 min2 minGeneral Ezequiel ZamoraCúaMiranda State10 min
See also Greater Caracas List of metropolitan areas of Venezuela
References
External links Estado Miranda