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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.
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,
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.
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 ...
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.
Margarita Island; Tigrera Island; Venezuela Island Caquetá Department: Aduché Island Chocó Department: Grande del Atrato Island ... A map of Paraguay.
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).
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.