Guarenas-Guatire conurbation

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Guarenas-Guatire conurbation
(Guarenas-Guatire Metropolitan Area)
Conurbación Guarenas-Guatire
Area Metropolitana de Guarenas-Guatire
27 de Febrero neighborhood in Guarenas
27 de Febrero neighborhood in Guarenas
Country Venezuela
State Miranda
Largest CitiesGuarenas
Guatire
Area
 • Metro
558 km2 (215 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro
473,728
 • Metro density848.97/km2 (2,198.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4:30 (VST)

Guarenas-Guatire conurbation [2][3][4] or Guarenas-Guatire metropolitan area (Spanish: 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[edit]

The principal cities of the area are (2013):[1]

  1. Guarenas (pop. 264,290)
  2. Guatire (pop. 159,725)
  3. Araira (pop. 49,713)

Municipalities[edit]

The 2 municipalities of the area are:

Municipality Area (km2)[6] Population 2013 [1] 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

Transportation[edit]

The Guarenas / Guatire Metro is a dual subway / light rail system project to connect the twin cities and intermediate communities to Caracas.[citation needed]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-10-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)[full citation needed]
  2. ^ http://www.miranda.gov.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1100&Itemid=238 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine "Conurbación Guarenas-Guatire"
  3. ^ http://geodeg.com/search.php?q=miranda&language=&country=229&n=500 Conurbación Guatire-Guarenas
  4. ^ Oropeza, Mónica; Sáez Sáez, Vidal; Lemús, Jesús; Siso, Eunice; Barrios, Pedro (December 2009). "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]. Terra (in Spanish). 25 (38): 141–166. hdl: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)
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2014-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)[full citation needed] 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.
  6. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/documentos/see/sintesisestadistica2011/estados/miranda/index.htm Sintesis Estadistica de Miranda: POBLACIÓN[full citation needed]