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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.
Island Highest point Height Area (km 2) average slope [1] Country or region Other countries or territories on island 1: New Guinea: Puncak Jaya: 4884 m 16,024 ft 785753: 0.00977 Central Papua Indonesia Papua New Guinea: 2: Hawaiʻi: Mauna Kea: 4207 m 13,802 ft 10430: 0.073 Hawaiʻi United States: 3: Borneo: Mount Kinabalu: 4095 m 13,435 ft ...
It is the only insular state of Venuezuela. Its name comes from the heroísm shown by its inhabitants during the Venezuelan War of Independence, deemed similar to that of the Spartan soldiers of Ancient Greece. The main island of Margarita alone has an area of 934 km². In 1909 the state was constituted and in 1947 the island of Cubagua was added.
On Margarita Island, the climatic and / or edaphic effects have produced a mixture of life zones, with varied ecosystems that range from tropical desert weeds, in low and dry areas, to thorny mountains and tropical dry forest in areas of greater height.
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,
The Margarita Island capuchin has a limited distribution on the East side of Margarita Island. Margarita Island spans about 394 square miles and is the only location this species of monkey is found. They live in mountain forests with low altitudes, usually around 300 to 500 m above sea level but can also be found 40 to 830 m above sea. This ...
The peninsula is connected to the rest of Isla Margarita by a thin strip of land in Laguna de la Restinga National Park. Sixty years ago, it was an island. Sixty years ago, it was an island. [ 1 ] The peninsula has an area of 330 square kilometres (130 sq mi), rising from sea level to 745 metres (2,444 ft) at the peak of Cerro Macanao. [ 2 ]
To the north it includes the Margarita, Cubagua and Coche islands in the Caribbean. It has an area of 517,997 hectares (1,280,000 acres). [1] Parts of the coast of the mainland and Margarita Island are lined with Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves. To the south the Araya and Paria xeric scrub transitions into La Costa xeric shrublands.