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| Geographical location of the
State of Nueva Esparta |
At the North of Venezuela, at 38 Km. From
the North-east cost , formed by three islands with the following
geographical location:
Margarita Island:
10º 51' 50" - 11º 11' 06" North Latitude
63º 46' 40" - 64º 24' 32" West Longitude. |
Coche
Island:
10º 46' 30" North Latitude
63º 56' 45" West Longitude. |
Cubagua Island:
10º 49' 40" North Latitude
64º 11' 25" West Longitude. |
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| Surface |
| 1.150Km2 (115.000 hectares), it represents 0,13% of the national territory. |
| Surface of each island: |
| Margarita, 1.071 km2. - Coche, 55Km2. -
Cubagua, 24 km2. |
| The entity has 315 Kms. of costs, which constitute their main tourist resource. |
| Capital |
| La Asunción. |
| Other Populations |
| Boca de Rio, Juangriego, Pampatar, Paraguachi y Porlamar. |
| Polítical Territorial
Division |
| Eleven (11) municipalities: Antolín del Campo, Arismendi, Díaz,
García, Gómez, Maneiro, Marcano, Mariño, Peninsula of Macanao, Tubores
and Villalba. |
| Relief |
The relief is conformed, in its majority, for two big blocks in sense though the west, united by a narrow isthmus of very little elevation denominated Isthmus of
"La Restinga". The western sector, called peninsula of Macanao, is characterized to present a solid one lengthened in sense this - west from the hill Macanao until the hill Guarataro; while the oriental sector presents in the part center-north three solid mountains aligned in southeast sense; it has as topographical important features the hills "Copey", "La Guardia", "Matasiete" and "Guayamurí". The oriental south formation presents a topography of low relief except for the moderate elevations located to the north of "Punta Carnero" and in "Las Tetas de María Guevera", to the northeast of "Punta de Piedras".
Geology |
| Soils |
| The physical characteristics, particularly the relief and the climate, have produced a mixture of areas of life that comes from the overgrowth tropical desert, in the low and dry areas, the hill by a wide range of altitudinal floors with the prevalence of the thorny mount and the tropical dry forest. The area of bigger precipitation of the island, corresponds to the pre-mountain forest . In the marshy areas and salines grow the forests of "mangles" |
| Forestal
resources |
| Araguán (araguaney), cardón, cují yaque, guayacán, jobo,
vera, and others. |
| Mineral
resources |
Regarding to the energy resources, the islands that conform the entity don't have oil neither of hydroelectric potential. The terrestrial mineral resources are limited to the existence of non metallic minerals as gravel, sand, limestone and stone, used in the construction industry.
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