Santa Teresa del Tuy
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Coordinates: 10 ° 14 ′ N , 66 ° 40 ′ W Santa Teresa del Tuy on the map of Miranda
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| Country | Venezuela | |
| State | Miranda | |
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| Time zone | UTC -4.5 | |
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Santa Teresa del Tuy is a Venezuelan city in the southwest of the state of Miranda . It is the administrative center of the Independencia district .
Santa Teresa del Tuy is 65 km from Caracas . In 2005 it had 260,899 inhabitants.
It was founded on October 14, 1771. The region has been an important cocoa region since the 18th century .