Litoral Varguense conurbation

Litoral Varguense
(Litoral Central)
Conurbation

La Guaira

Map of Litoral Varguense conurbation
Country  Venezuela
State

 Vargas

Largest Cities Maiquetia
Catia La Mar
Carayaca
Caraballeda
La Guaira
Area
 • Metro 942 km2 (364 sq mi)
Population [1]
 • Metro 341,325
 • Metro density 362.34/km2 (938.5/sq mi)
Time zone VST (UTC-4:30)

Litoral Varguense conurbation[2] (Spanish: Conurbación del Litoral Varguense is a metropolitan area in Vargas, Venezuela, that includes 10 parishes, it's part of the Greater Caracas Area.[3] It has a population of 341,325 inhabitants.

Cities

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

  1. Maiquetia (it holds the parishes of Maiquetia, Carlos Soublette and Urimare) (pop. 118,807)
  2. Catia La Mar (pop. 98,487)
  3. Carayaca (pop. 40,096)
  4. Caraballeda (pop. 29,982)
  5. La Guaira (pop. 20,228)
  6. Macuto (pop. 15,562)
  7. Naiguatá (pop. 14,516)

Parishes

The 10 parishes of the area are:

Municipality Area (km²)[4] Population 2013 [1] Population density 2013 (/km²)
Caraballeda 67 29,982 447,49
Carayaca 475 40,096 84.41
Carlos Soublette 7 41,964 5,994.8
Catia La Mar 38 98,487 2,591.76
El Junko 20 3,647 182,35
La Guaira 14 20,228 1,444.85
Macuto 32 15,562 486.31
Maiquetia 22 34,049 1,547.68
Naiguatá 241 14,516 60.23
Urimare 26 42,794 1,645.92
Litoral Varguense conurbation 942 341,325 362.34

Tourism

Tourism is vital to economy of the conurbation.
Skyline in Caraballeda.

Beaches

  • Aeropuerto
  • Caruao
  • La Punta
  • Marina Grande
  • Punta Care
  • Anare
  • Catia La Mar
  • La Sabana
  • Naiguatá
  • Quebrada Seca
  • Arrecífe
  • Chichiriviche
  • La Salina
  • Oricao
  • San Luis
  • Bahía Marina
  • Chuspa
  • La Zorra
  • Oritapo
  • Sheraton
  • Bikini
  • Círculo Militar
  • Larga
  • Osma
  • Taguao
  • Buchón
  • El Burro
  • Los ángeles
  • Pantaleta
  • Tarma
  • Camurí Chico
  • El Chorrito
  • Los Caracas
  • Paraíso
  • Todasana
  • Candileja
  • El Farallón
  • Los Cocos
  • Puerto Carayaca
  • Urama
  • Caribito
  • Escondida
  • Macuto
  • Puerto Cruz
  • Verde

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.cne.gov.ve/web/normativa_electoral/elecciones/2013/municipales/circunscripciones/Vargas.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.ildis.org.ve/website/administrador/uploads/DocumentoDesarrolloUrbanoVargasFM.pdf Desarrollo Urbano del Estado Vargas
  3. ↑ http://159.90.80.55/tesis/000150053.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/documentos/see/sintesisestadistica2011/estados/miranda/index.htm Sintesis Estadistica de Miranda: POBLACIÓN
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