Guarenas-Guatire conurbation http://www.miranda.gov.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1100&Itemid=238 "Conurbación Guarenas-Guatire"http://geodeg.com/search.php?q=miranda&language=&country=229&n=500 Conurbación Guatire-Guarenas or Guarenas-Guatire metropolitan area ( or Area Metropolitana de Guarenas-Guatire), also known as El Nuevo Este de Caracas (New East of Caracas), is a conurbation area in Miranda, Venezuela, that includes 2 municipalities, it is part of the Greater Caracas Area. Conurbación Guarenas-Guatire: constituye una conurbación y como tal un centro regional de segundo orden, cuya forma y estructura están determinadas por la presencia de zonas naturales protegidas, las cuales la limitan y condicionan y constituye una zona de paso de los flujos provenientes de Caracas y que se dirigen a la zona de Barlovento y los estados orientales del país. It has a population of approximately 488,000 inhabitants.
Cities The principal cities of the area are (2013): Guarenas (pop. 264,290) Guatire (pop. 159,725) Araira (pop. 49,713)
Municipalities
The 2 municipalities of the area are:
MunicipalityArea (km2)http://www.ine.gob.ve/documentos/see/sintesisestadistica2011/estados/miranda/index.htm Sintesis Estadistica de Miranda: POBLACIÓNPopulation 2013 Population density 2013 (/km2) Plaza180264,2901,468.27 Zamora378209,438554.06 Guarenas-Guatire conurbation558473,728848.97
Transportation
The Guarenas / Guatire Metro is a dual subway / light rail system project to connect the twin cities and intermediate communities to Caracas.
See also Greater Caracas List of metropolitan areas of Venezuela
External links
Estado Miranda guarenasonline.com plaza-miranda.gob.ve zamora-miranda.gob.ve
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