Santa Teresa del Tuy, Miranda, Venezuela

🇻🇪 Santa Teresa del Tuy is a city in the state of Miranda, Venezuela. It is the capital of Independencia Municipality.

Santa Teresa del Tuy was founded in 1761, elevated to the parish of Santa Teresa de Jesús on October 14, 1771, celebrates its patron saint festivities on October 15, associating this day and month with that of the year 1582 when the patron saint began her eternal and heavenly life; she was born in Ávila, Spain in 1515. population Cartanal parish; it is also the head of the parish of the same name.

Santa Teresa del Tuy is about 60 km from Caracas, It belongs to the sub-region: Los Valles del Tuy, along with Ocumare del Tuy, San Francisco de Yare, Charallave, Cúa and Santa Lucía del Tuy.

The population is reducing resulting from internal emigration, originating in living conditions, and other current socio-economic aspects. It is noteworthy the fact that there are high structural deficiencies depending on the number of inhabitants, deficiencies in the health, road and public services sector, as well as recreational sites, green and sports areas, in addition to the little attention paid to the guatopo national park. as the possible causes of demographic change in the Independencia municipality going from being the municipality with the most population in the Tuy region

It was elevated to Ecclesiastical Parish on October 14, 1771 and celebrates its patron saint festivities on October 15 because it is the day of Saint Teresa of Jesus. Cocoa was grown in the eighteenth century.

Within the parish there are residential urbanizations: such as Las Flores, El Habanero, Buena Vista, Ciudad Losada, Independencia, Gran mariscal de Ayacucho, La Esperanza, Elbano Mibelli and Bicentenaria; some industrial urbanizations: El Cujial, Paraíso del Tuy; and some popular neighborhoods such as: San José, El Vizcaíno

In the Cartanal parish there are the residential urbanizations: Cartanal, Luis Tovar and Dos Lagunas; the industrial urbanizations: Dos Lagunas and Tomuso; and the neighborhoods: La Damatera, Santa Bárbara and Media Ladera among others.

To the west of this town is where the Guaire River flows into the Tuy River.

History 1761 Foundation gives this date based on what was expressed by the Martic bishop where he expresses the dismemberment of St. Teresa of St. Lucia in that year since it was being founded as a new town. 1783 Pastoral Visit of Bishop Mariano Marti. the most complete review of the population in colonial times1771 Parish corresponds to the creation of the parish on October 14 and whose annual celebration motivates the patron saint festivities every October 15, 1967 District corresponds to this date to the time when the Legislative Assembly of the Miranda state created the Independence District on December 5 with capital in Santa Teresa del Tuy

1990 - Change the territorial political name to municipality with two parishes: the Old Santa Teresa del Tuy and the new Cartanal parish.

Historical sites • Guatopo National Park. Which occupies approximately 50% of the territory of the entire municipality. refuge of endangered species in different types (Jaguar, Giant Cage. • Church of Santa Teresa de Jesús Built in 1959 Priest Juan Mijares

October 14, 1771, that small town of Santa Teresa del Tuy that ten years earlier had begun to be founded in the centre that we know today, now became the parish of Santa Teresa de Jesús. And since then, every October 15th celebrates its patron saint festivities in honor of St. Teresa of Jesus (1515-1582). The celebration of her feast is made on the 15th, associating this day of 1771 with that of 1582 when our patron saint according to the Catholic faith began her eternal and heavenly life. • The ruins of Ingenio Mopia. Patrimony of the municipality • The old bridge. Constructed in 1924 Heritage of the municipality • The main station of the railway. Heritage of the Municipality • Plaza Bolívar. • Miranda Square. • Santa Teresa de Jesús Square

Geography: Location To reach this town you can take a branch that starts from the Los Totumos Distributor on the Regional Highway of the Center. It is also accessed from Santa Lucía where in turn it is reached through a road from Petare, it is also accessed by a road that starts from Oripoto in the municipality of El Hatillo and finally it can be accessed by another road from Caucagua.

Shopping Centers • Santa Teresa Shopping Center. • La Asunción Shopping Center. • Las Flores Shopping Center. • Paseo Tuy Shopping Center. It is the largest of the Valleys of yours. Also one of the main attractions of the Tuy, construction that was designed with the idea of integrating inhabitants of the Tuy Valleys. • Traki city.

Juan Vicente González Public Library

University education • National Polytechnic Experimental University of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (UNEFA) • Simón Rodríguez National Experimental University (UNESR) • Bolivarian University of Venezuela (UBV) • Territorial Polytechnic University of the Valles of Tuy (UPTVT) • Military Academy of Troop Officers C/J Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (AMHCH) attached to the Bolivarian Military University of Venezuela (UMBV)