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Place in Venezuela
Metropolitan Region of Caracas
(Greater Caracas) Región Metropolitana de Caracas
(Gran Caracas)
CaracasCaracas
Country Venezuela
State Caracas
 Miranda
 Vargas
Largest CitiesCaracas
Petare
Baruta
Los Teques
Guarenas
Guatire
Ocumare del Tuy
Area
 • Metro4,715.1 km (1,820.5 sq mi)
Highest elevation2,200 m (7,200 ft)
Lowest elevation25 m (82 ft)
Population
 • Metro5,297,026
 • Metro density1,123.41/km (2,909.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4:30 (VST)

Metropolitan Region of Caracas (MRC) or Greater Caracas (GC) (Spanish: Región Metropolitana de Caracas; RMC or Gran Caracas; GC) is the urban agglomeration comprising the Metropolitan District of Caracas and the adjacent 11 municipalities over Miranda and Vargas state in Venezuela. Thus, it does not constitute a single administrative unit. The conurbation spreads south, west, east and north of Caracas. It has a population of 5,243,301.

Geography

Metropolitan divisions

The Metropolitan Region of Caracas consists of five distinct metropolitan divisions/conurbations, subdividing the region into five divisions.

Metropolitan Divisions 2011 Census
Population 		Area
(km) 		Density
(pop/km) 		Major cities
Metropolitan District of Caracas 2,946,955 777,1 km 4212.9/km Caracas
Valles del Tuy Metropolitan Area 754,081 1694 km 445.14/km Ocumare del Tuy, Charallave, Santa Teresa del Tuy, Cúa
Guarenas-Guatire Metropolitan Area 473,728 558 km 848.97/km Guatire, Guarenas
Altos Mirandinos Metropolitan Area 454,929 744 km 611.46/km Los Teques, San Antonio de Los Altos
Litoral Varguense conurbation 341,325 942 km 362.34/km La Guaira, Maiquetia, Catia La Mar, Caraballeda
Metropolitan Region of Caracas (MRC) 4,832,026 4715.1 km 1,223.41/km
Satellite image of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas and its conurbations at night and its conurbations

References

  1. Vila, Marco Aurelio. Área Metropolitana de Caracas. Ediciones del Cuatricentenario de Caracas.
  2. http://www.cne.gov.ve/web/normativa_electoral/elecciones/2013/municipales/circunscripciones/CabildoMetropolitano.pdf Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.cne.gov.ve/web/normativa_electoral/elecciones/2013/municipales/circunscripciones/Vargas.pdf
  5. Barrios, Sonia (May 2001). "Áreas metropolitanas:¿qué ha cambiado?: La experiencia de la Caracas Metropolitana" [Metropolitan areas: what has changed? The experience of Metropolitan Caracas]. EURE (in Spanish). 27 (80). doi:10.4067/S0250-71612001008000004.
  6. Lisio, Antonio De (2009). "La Metrópoli Caraqueña: Expansión Simplificadora O Articulación Diversificante" [The Caracas metropolis: simplifying expansion or diversifying articulation]. Terra. Nueva Etapa (in Spanish). XXV (38): 191–225.
  7. Itriago, Rosangel Alvarez (2007). Redefinición del ámbito político-territorial de caracas: lo técnicamente deseable vs. Lo políticamente viable (PDF). XXVI Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología. Guadalajara: Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología.

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