East Caracas generally refers to the eastern portions of Caracas, and may refer specifically to the municipalities from the

Metropolitan District of Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

located in

Miranda State Miranda State ( es, link=no, Estado Miranda, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela and the second most populous after Zulia State. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,675,165 residents. It also has the greatest Human Development Inde ...

: Chacao, Baruta, Sucre, and El Hatillo. It concentrates the 34.8% population of the

, and the 21.7% population 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 ...

. Caracas Country Club, the richest neighborhood of the city, is located between El Recreo and Chacao districts. Until some years ago, it was one of the safest regions of Caracas since most neighbourhoods on the eastern side had a slightly lower crime rate, but now the situation has changed. Crime is rampant in all the districts of the city. Some of the eastern neighborhoods of Caracas report a high rate of kidnappings, but also some neighborhoods in downtown such as San Bernardino.

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East Caracas is divided geographically in Eastern Caracas and Southeastern Caracas. The list of neighborhoods are: * Eastern (Miranda): El Pedregal, San Marino, Campo Alegre, Chacao, Bello Campo, El Rosal, El Retiro, Las Mercedes, Tamanaco, Chuao,

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, Los Palos Grandes, La Castellana, La Floresta, Santa Eduvigis, Sebucán, La Carlota, Santa Cecilia, Campo Claro, Los Ruices, Montecristo, Los Chorros, Los Dos Caminos, Boleíta, Los Cortijos, La California, Horizonte, El Marqués, La Urbina, Terrazas del Ávila, Lomas del Ávila, El Llanito, Macaracuay, La Guairita, Caurimare, El Cafetal, San Román, Santa Rosa, San Luis, Santa Sofía, Santa Paula, Santa Inés, Los Pomelos, Palo Verde,

Petare Dulce Nombre de Jesus de Petare is a neighborhood in Miranda, Venezuela, and is part of the Metropolitan District of Caracas. It is located in the Sucre Municipality, one of the five divisions of Caracas. The city was founded in 1621 unde ...

. * Southeastern (Miranda): Valle Arriba, Santa Fe, Los Campitos, Prados del Este, Alto Prado, Manzanares, El Peñón, Baruta, Piedra Azul, La Trinidad, La Tahona, Monterrey, Las Minas, Los Samanes, Cerro Verde, Los Naranjos, La Boyera, Alto Hatillo, El Hatillo, Los Geranios, La Lagunita, El Placer, El Guayabao, El Volcán, La Unión, Sartanejas. * Eastern (Libertador): Los Caobos, Las Palmas, San Rafael, Colina, Bello Monte, Sabana Grande, San Antonio, Las Delicias, Hoyo de Las Delicias, La Florida, Los Cedros, Alta Florida, La Campiña.

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