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Margarita Island was fortified against the increasing threat of pirate attacks, and some fortifications remain today. It was the center of Spanish colonial Margarita Province, established in 1525. In 1561, the island was seized by Lope de Aguirre, a notoriously violent and rebellious conquistador who killed the
Margarita Island is located in the deposit basin Depresión Momposina. It is 40 km wide and 90 km long and almost rectangular, [3] the area of the island changes with the tides. The island is located at the mouth of the rivers Cauca and Magdalena. The highest point on the island is 20 metres (65 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). [4]
Buildings in El Morro, Margarita Island. El Valle del Espíritu Santo: "The Valley" as it is known, is the cradle of religious festivities in honor of the Virgin of the Valley, therefore it is the iconic city of Margarita Island. La Guardia: Small town located west of eastern Margarita (Paraguachoa), near the Laguna de La Restinga National Park ...
Santa Rosa de la Eminencia castle is a colonial castle built in the seventeenth century by the Spanish monarchy on Margarita Island, Venezuela.After a group of French pirates attacked the city of La Asunción, its construction started on 24 March 1677, by order of governor Juan Muñoz de Gadea, and it was finished c. 1683.
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).
Former U.S. military installations in the Panama Canal Zone (1904–1999) [2]; Name Branch Unit Abandoned Current name Current use Area Coordinates Galeta Island: Navy: CDAA (Wullenweber) radio detection
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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.