List of metropolitan areas in Venezuela
List of metropolitan areas in Venezuela according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (2013).[1]
Metropolitan areas[]
rank |
metropolitan areas |
core cities |
states |
population[2] (2013) | Land area[3] | Population density in km2[4] (2013) | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Greater Caracas | Caracas | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
5,243,301 | 4715.1 | 1,223.41 | ![]() |
Metropolitan District of Caracas | Caracas, Petare, Baruta, Chacao, El Hatillo | ![]() ![]() |
3,273,863 | 777.1 | 4212.9 | ||
Valles del Tuy Metropolitan Area | Ocumare del Tuy, Charallave, Santa Teresa del Tuy, Cúa | ![]() |
754,081 | 1694 | 445.14 | ![]() | |
Guarenas-Guatire conurbation | Guarenas, Guatire | 473,728 | 558 | 848.97 | |||
Altos Mirandinos Metropolitan Area | Los Teques, San Antonio de Los Altos | 454,929 | 744 | 611.46 | ![]() | ||
Litoral Varguense conurbation | Maiquetia, Catia La Mar, Caraballeda, La Guaira | ![]() |
341,325 | 942 | 362.34 | ![]() | |
2 | Maracaibo, San Francisco, Jesús Enrique Lossada, , | ![]() |
2,487,471 | 9,010 | 276.07 | ![]() | |
3 | Valencia, San Diego, Naguanagua, Tocuyito, San Joaquín, Güigüe, Mariara, Los Guayos, Guacara | ![]() |
2,074,329 | 2,799 | 741.09 | ![]() | |
4 | Barquisimeto, Cabudare | ![]() |
1,291,670 | 3,200 | 403.64 | ![]() | |
5 | Maracay, Cagua, Turmero, El Limón, Santa Cruz, , Santa Ritz | ![]() |
1,249,704 | 832.57 | 1,501 | ![]() | |
6 | Ciudad Guayana | Puerto Ordaz, | ![]() |
851,071 | 1,612 | 527.95 | ![]() |
7 | Barcelona-Puerto La Cruz Metropolitan Area | Barcelona, Puerto La Cruz, Lechería, Guanta | ![]() |
801,071 | 2,029 | 394.81 | ![]() |
Barcelona | Simón Bolívar Municipality | 465,989 | 1,706 | 273.14 | |||
Puerto La Cruz | Sotillo Municipality | 272,231 | 244 | 1,115.70 | ![]() | ||
Lechería | Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality | 29,767 | 12 | 2,480.58 | ![]() | ||
Guanta | Guanta Municipality | 33,835 | 67 | 505 | ![]() | ||
8 | Costa Oriental del Lago | Cabimas, Ciudad Ojeda, Lagunillas, Los Puertos de Altagracia, | ![]() |
758,957 | 8,251 | 91.98 | |
- | Cabimas | 280,171 | 604 | 463.85 | ![]() | ||
- | Ciudad Ojeda---Lagunillas | 261,404 | 1,233[5] | 212 | ![]() | ||
- | Los Puertos de Altagracia- | 76,243 | 1,966 | 38.78 | ![]() | ||
- | 61,960 | 2,816 | 22 | ![]() | |||
- | 48,402 | 1,127 | 42.94 | ![]() | |||
- | 30,777 | 505 | 60.90 | ![]() | |||
9 | San Cristóbal, Táriba, Palmira, Cordero, , , San Josecito | ![]() |
628,627 | 963 | 652.77 | ![]() | |
10 | Maturín | - | ![]() |
472,909[6] | (no exact data for city/urban area) | - | |
11 | Mérida, , Ejido, Lagunillas | ![]() |
447,269 | 2,636 | 169.67 | ||
12 | Acarigua, Araure | ![]() |
393,854 | 1,065 | 369.81 | ||
13 | Ciudad Bolívar | - | ![]() |
380,953 | 585 | 65.10 | ![]() |
14 | Cumaná | - | ![]() |
374,706 | 598 | 626.59 | |
15 | Barinas | Barinas, | ![]() |
355,413 | - | - |
References[]
- ^ Based on the result of the 2011 Census
- ^ Circunscripciones por Estados
- ^ Area of municipalities in Venezuela
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadistica 2011 (adapted to 2013)
- ^ Includes the area of the Municipalities: Lagunillas and Simón Bolívar
- ^ http://www.cne.gov.ve/web/normativa_electoral/elecciones/2013/municipales/circunscripciones/Monagas.pdf 6 parishes (out 11 of the Maturín Municipality) made the population of Maturín (city): Alto de Los Godos, Boquerón, Las Cocuizas, San Simón, Santa Cruz, CM Maturín
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