Litoral Varguense conurbation

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.

Litoral Varguense
(Litoral Central)
Conurbation
La Guaira
Map of Litoral Varguense conurbation
Country Venezuela
State Vargas
Largest CitiesMaiquetia
Catia La Mar
Carayaca
Caraballeda
La Guaira
Area
 • Metro
942 km2 (364 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro
341,325
 • Metro density362.34/km2 (938.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4:30 (VST)

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
  • Greater Caracas
  • List of metropolitan areas of Venezuela

References
  1. 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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