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MARGARITA , an island in the Caribbean Sea belonging to Venezuela, about 12 M. N. of the peninsula of Araya, and constituting, under the constitution of _ igo4iwith Tortuga, Cubagua and Cochea political division called the Eastern Federal District
east
south
elevation
peak
peak
industries
great
capital is Asunci6n (pop. about 3000), on the east
south
- The island of Margarita (from Span. Margarita, pearl) was discovered by Columbus in 1498, and was bestowed in 1524 upon Marceto Villalobos by Charles V. In 1 561 the freebooter Lope de Aguirre ravaged the island, and in 1662 the town of Pompatar was destroyed by the Dutch. For- a long time Margarita was attached to Cumana
District
capital . The first Spanish settlement
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