Litoral Varguense conurbation ( es, Conurbación del Litoral Varguense is a

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...

in Vargas,

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

, that includes 10 parishes, it is part of the

Greater Caracas Area Metropolitan Region of Caracas (MRC) or Greater Caracas (GC) ( es, 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 ...

.http://159.90.80.55/tesis/000150053.pdf It has a population of 341,325 inhabitants.

Cities

The principal cities of the area are (2013): # Maiquetia (it holds the parishes of Maiquetia,

Carlos Soublette Carlos Valentín José de la Soledad Antonio del Sacramento de Soublette y Jerez de Aristeguieta (15 December 1789 – 11 February 1870) was the president of Venezuela from 1837 to 1839 and 1843 to 1847 and a hero of the Venezuelan War of Ind ...

and Urimare) (pop. 118,807) #

Catia La Mar Catia La Mar is a city and port in the municipality of Vargas, in the State of Vargas, Venezuela. It is Maiquetia's neighbor to the west. Catia la Mar is about 10 minutes from Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela's main airport) ...

(pop. 98,487) # Carayaca (pop. 40,096) #

Caraballeda Caraballeda is a Venezuelan town, capital of the parish of the same name in Vargas state. It is located on the Venezuelan central coast, facing the Caribbean Sea. It was devastated by the floods that occurred in 1999 known as the Vargas tragedy. ...

(pop. 29,982) #

La Guaira La Guaira () is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of the same name (formerly named Vargas) and the country's main port. It was founded in 1577 as an outlet for Caracas, to the southeast. The town and the port were badly damaged during ...

(pop. 20,228) #

Macuto Macuto is a seaside city in Vargas (state), Vargas state, Venezuela. The city has a long history of attracting Venezuelan political leaders and artists, and popular tourist site today. History Macuto was founded in August 1740 on the site of an ...

(pop. 15,562) # Naiguatá (pop. 14,516)

Parishes

The 10 parishes of the area are:

Tourism

Beaches

References

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History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...