Porlamar
Porlamar | |
|---|---|
Panoramic | |
| Nicknames: Villa del Espíritu Santo (English: House of the Holy Spirit)
Pueblo de La Mar (English: Village by the Sea) | |
| Coordinates: 10°57′N 63°51′W / 10.950°N 63.850°W | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| State | Nueva Esparta |
| Counties | Mariño |
| Demonym | Porlamarense |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alfredo Díaz |
| Elevation | 10 m (32 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 144,830 |
| Postal coded | 6301 |
| Area code | 295 |
| Climate | BSh |
| Website | Municipality of Mariño |
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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, at a distance of 6 miles (10 km) from the state capital of La Asunción. Porlamar is the capital of Mariño, the most populous of the eleven municipalities into which the state of Nueva Esparta is divided.