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Margarita Island (Isla de Margarita, Spanish pronunciation: [maɾɣaˈɾita]) is the largest island in the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta, situated off the north west coast of the country, in the Caribbean Sea. The capital city of Nueva Esparta, La Asunción, is located on the island.
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 ...
On 21 July 1765 he mentioned in a letter to the King of Spain that he had installed two guards at the location to protect the island from smuggling, and this is the origin of the current name. The name Bufadero still appears in a map of Isla Margarita dated 15 June 1777, and there are records of sales of cattle at Bufaderos in 1794 and in 1802. [6]
Porlamar (Spanish pronunciation: [poɾlaˈmaɾ]) is the most populated city, major seaport and major center in the state of Nueva Esparta, Venezuela.It is situated on the southern coast of Margarita Island, one of three islands in the Caribbean Sea off the South American mainland which make up the state of Nueva Esparta, [1] at a distance of 6 miles (10 km) from the state capital of La Asunción.
It began in 2008, started through the Cinema and Audiovisual Media Platform of Venezuela's Ministry of Culture, with the national film distributor Amazonia Films organizing the awards. [2] It takes place during the month of October of each year on Margarita Island. Its main award is the Golden Pelican. [3]
La Asunción (Spanish pronunciation: [la asunˈsjon]) is a city in Venezuela.The capital of Nueva Esparta state (made up of three islands), [2] it lies on Margarita Island in the Caribbean Sea, off the South American mainland.
Santa Ana is a town on Isla Margarita, in the state of Nueva Esparta, Venezuela. It is the capital of the Gómez municipality. The town is located in the south of the municipality, in the northeast of Margarita. Santa Ana has an average temperature of 27 °C (81 °F). It serves as a bedroom community for other cities like La Asunción and Juan ...
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).