Porlamar

Porlamar
Panoramic
Panoramic
Flag of Porlamar
Nicknames: 
Villa del Espíritu Santo (English: House of the Holy Spirit) Pueblo de La Mar (English: Village by the Sea)
Porlamar is located in Venezuela
Porlamar
Porlamar
Coordinates: 10°57′N 63°51′W / 10.950°N 63.850°W / 10.950; -63.850
CountryVenezuela Venezuela
StateNueva Esparta
CountiesMariño
DemonymPorlamarense
Government
 • MayorAlfredo Díaz
Elevation
10 m (32 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total144,830
Postal coded
6301
Area code295
ClimateBSh
WebsiteMunicipality of Mariño

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. Porlamar is the capital of Mariño, the most populous of the eleven municipalities into which the state of Nueva Esparta is divided.

Downtown Porlamar.
Caribbean Sea in Porlamar.
  1. ^ "History and Geography of Margarita". Freewebs.com. Retrieved 17 May 2013.