Guarenas-Guatire conurbation explained
Guarenas-Guatire conurbation
(Guarenas-Guatire Metropolitan Area) |
| Native Name: | Conurbación Guarenas-Guatire
Area Metropolitana de Guarenas-Guatire |
| Settlement Type: | Conurbation |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | ----
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| Subdivision Type3: | Largest Cities |
| Subdivision Name3: | Guarenas
Guatire |
| Population Metro: | 473,728 |
| Area Metro Km2: | 558 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Metro Km2: | 848.97 |
| Timezone: | VST |
| Utc Offset: | -4:30 |
| Mapsize: | 280px |
Guarenas-Guatire conurbation [2] [3] [4] or Guarenas-Guatire metropolitan area (Spanish; Castilian: Conurbación Guarenas-Guatire 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.[5] It has a population of 473,728 inhabitants.
Cities
The principal cities of the area are (2013):[1]
- Guarenas (pop. 264,290)
- Guatire (pop. 159,725)
- Araira (pop. 49,713)
Municipalities
The 2 municipalities of the area are:
| Municipality | Area (km2)[6] | Population 2013 | Population density 2013 (/km2) |
|---|
| Plaza | 180 | 264,290 | 1,468.27 |
| Zamora | 378 | 209,438 | 554.06 |
| Guarenas-Guatire conurbation | 558 | 473,728 | 848.97 |
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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
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Archived copy . 2014-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923205212/http://www.cne.gov.ve/web/normativa_electoral/elecciones/2013/municipales/circunscripciones/Miranda.pdf . 2015-09-23 . dead.
- 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
- Oropeza . Mónica . Sáez Sáez . Vidal . Lemús . Jesús . Siso . Eunice . Barrios . Pedro . Riesgos por desbordamientos e inundaciones en la Cuenca del Río Guarenas, estado Miranda, Venezuela . Overflow and floods risk for flooding in Guarenas River Basin, Miranda state, Venezuela . Spanish . Terra . December 2009 . 25 . 38 . 141–166 . 123456789/4989 . La conurbación Guarenas-Guatire-Araira forma parte del área metropolitana de la ciudad de Caracas; representa un conjunto de centros poblados de expansión para el crecimiento urbano e industrial (Díaz, 2005) .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2014-10-09 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141016154616/http://www.minamb.gob.ve/files/Ordenacion%20del%20Territorio/4.4-sistema-de-ciudades-vialidad-transporte-revisado.pdf . 2014-10-16 . 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.
- http://www.ine.gob.ve/documentos/see/sintesisestadistica2011/estados/miranda/index.htm Sintesis Estadistica de Miranda: POBLACIÓN
