Largest Cities GuarenasGuatire Metropolitan area 558 km² | Time zone VST (UTC-4:30) | |
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Guarenas-Guatire conurbation 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. It has a population of 473,728 inhabitants.
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Cities
The principal cities of the area are (2013):
- Guarenas (pop. 264,290)
- Guatire (pop. 159,725)
- Araira (pop. 49,713)
Municipalities
The 2 municipalities of the area are:
Metro and Light rail
The Guarenas / Guatire Metro is a dual subway / light rail system project to connect the twin cities and intermediate communities to Caracas. The 6.7 km (4.2 mi) urban line will start from the Caracas Metro Parque del Este II station and end at the Guaraira Repano (Petare Norte) station, while the 31.4 km (19.5 mi) suburban line will start from the Guaraira Repano station and end at the Guatire II station with future extensions already in the planning stage.