Valles del Tuy metropolitan area


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. It had a population of 811,166 inhabitants in 2016.

Cities

The principal cities of the area are:
  1. Ocumare del Tuy
  2. Cúa
  3. Santa Teresa del Tuy
  4. Charallave
  5. Santa Lucía
  6. San Francisco de Yare
  7. Nueva Cúa

Municipalities

The six municipalities comprising the area are:
MunicipalityArea Population 2016Population
density 2016
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 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.