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Margarita Island is divided into six municipalities: Santa Cruz de Mompox, it contains more than a third of the island's territory and three-sevenths of its population, is the economic center of the island, [2] the other five: Talaigua Nuevo, San Fernando, Margarita, Hatillo de Loba and Cicuco, which together form a sub-region of the department Depresión Momposina Bolivarense,
In modern times, Margarita Island has been primarily a tourist destination. [5] The island's status as a duty-free port was established in 1974 to promote commercial and tourism industries, with lower-priced imports driving increased visitors and the development of hotels. [5] The island was the host venue for the Caribbean Series in 2010 and 2014.
Margarita was discovered on August 15, 1498, during Columbus' third voyage.On that trip the Admiral would also discover mainland Venezuela. That day, Columbus saw three islands, two of them small, low and arid (the current Coche and Cubagua), separated by a channel from a third, larger one, covered with vegetation and populated by indigenous people who called it Paraguachoa, a word that means ...
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La Guardia lies at the eastern end of a bar, or strip of land, that stretches more than 15 miles (24 km) from the main island of Margarita to Punta Tigre on the Macanao Peninsula, running between the Laguna de la Restinga and the Caribbean Sea. [1] The bar is made of rocks and pebbles of different sizes and huge numbers of sea shells. [2]
Playa El Agua is the most famous tourist development on Margarita Island in Venezuela. [citation needed] El Agua is 2.5 miles (4 km) long, 30m wide, gold sand lined with huge palm trees that give shelter to numerous restaurants that provide service to diners on the beach. The boulevard at Playa El Agua stretches for approximately 2 miles (3 km).
Spanish colonial governors of Margarita Province (1561-1814) — part of Colonial Venezuela, including Isla Margarita in the Caribbean Sea. Pages in category "Governors of Margarita Province" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Playa Puerto Cruz is a roughly 1 km long beach located near Pedro Gonzalez in Isla Margarita, Venezuela. Located on Playa Puerto Cruz is the lighthouse of Punta Zaragoza, mounted on top of one of the two hills enclosing the island. Until the winter of 2004 (November), a small wooden tower stood on the beach near the many shops and the beach bar.