Metropolitan Region of Caracas

Metropolitan Region of Caracas[1]
(Greater Caracas)
Región Metropolitana de Caracas
(Gran Caracas)
Caracas
Caracas
Country Venezuela
State Caracas
 Miranda
 Vargas
Largest CitiesCaracas
Petare
Baruta
Los Teques
Guarenas
Guatire
Ocumare del Tuy
Area
 • Metro
4,715.1 km2 (1,820.5 sq mi)
Highest elevation
2,200 m (7,200 ft)
Lowest elevation
25 m (82 ft)
Population
 • Metro
5,297,026
 • Metro density1,123.41/km2 (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.[5] It has a population of 5,243,301.

  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 [bare URL PDF]
  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 [bare URL 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.

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