Porlamar
Porlamar 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 mi from the state capital of La Asunción. The capital of Mariño, the most populous of the eleven municipalities into which the state of Nueva Esparta is divided.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Porlamar • Nicknames — Villa del Espíritu Santo (House of the Holy Spirit) Pueblo de La Mar (Village by the Sea) • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Type2 — Counties • Subdivision Type3 — Demonym • Subdivision Name — Venezuela Venezuela • Subdivision Name1 — Nueva Esparta • Subdivision Name2 — Mariño • Subdivision Name3 — Porlamarense • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Eneas González • Population As Of — 2011 • Population Total — 144,830 • Elevation M — 10 • Elevation Ft — 32 • Postal Code Type — Postal coded • Postal Code — 6301 • Area Code Type — Area code • Area Code — 295 • Blank1 Name — Climate • Blank1 Info — BSh • Website — Municipality of Mariño
History
History
• Illustration — Downtown Porlamar. • Illustration — Caribbean Sea in Porlamar. Christopher Columbus passed by the island on 14 August 1498. A large amount of pearls were discovered in the area in the 1500s and pearl hunting was conducted. Friar Francisco de Villacorta founded Porlamar on 26 March 1536. The city has gone by the names San Pedro Mártir, Villa del Espíritu Santo, and Pueblo de La Mar. Lope de Aguirre came to the island in 1561, and killed acting governor Sarmiento de Villandrando, seized the treasury in Porlamar, and burnt the harbour of Porlamar. During World War I two extract factories for Tannin were constructed in Venezuela, one in Porlamar and the other in La Guaira.
Population
Population
The 1891 census reported a population of 5,693 for Porlamar. Porlamar accounts for one-third of the population of Margarita Island.
Climate
Climate
Porlamar has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh) with hot day time temperatures and warm night time temperatures year round. Rainfall peaks from June to August and from November to February. Average sunshine hours are very consistent year round. style="width:100%;text-align:center;line-height:1.2em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" • Climate data for Porlamar, Margarita Island • Month — Jan — Feb — Mar — Apr — May — Jun — Jul — Aug — Sep — Oct — Nov — Dec — Year • Average sea temperature °C (°F) — 25.0 (77.0) — 24.0 (75.2) — 24.0 (75.2) — 25.0 (77.0) — 25.0 (77.0) — 26.0 (78.8) — 26.0 (78.8) — 27.0 (80.6) — 27.0 (80.6) — 27.0 (80.6) — 27.0 (80.6) — 26.0 (78.8) — 25.75 (78.35) • Mean daily daylight hours — 12.0 — 12.0 — 12.0 — 12.0 — 13.0 — 13.0 — 13.0 — 12.0 — 12.0 — 12.0 — 12.0 — 11.0 — 12.16 • Average Ultraviolet index — 10 — 11+ — 11+ — 11+ — 11+ — 11+ — 11+ — 11+ — 11+ — 11+ — 10 — 10 — 11 • Source: Weather 2 Travel • Illustration — 4 de Mayo Avenue. • Illustration — View of Porlamar from Pampatar (Margarita Island).
Twin cities
Twin cities
• Mexico Cancún, Mexico • Colombia Cartagena, Colombia • Miami, USA
Notable people
Notable people
• Jihad Ayoub (born 1995), Lebanese footballer
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Freewebs.com. History and Geography of Margarita.
- 2.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Porlamar Climate Normals 1991–2020. World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020).
- 3.Deutscher Wetterdienst. Klimatafel von Porlamar / Insel Margarita / Venezuela. Baseline climate means (1961–1990) from stations all over the world.
- 4.Weather2Travel. Margarita Island – Monthly weather forecast and Climate data.
- 5.GSA player jihad-ayoub/383193 access-date=23 November 2021
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