Talk:Margarita Island

Isla Margarita

the introduction sounds like a tourist information...

If at some point this article sounded like tourist information, now it's more like a U.S. state department pamphlet.

Fact Check

Population 420,000? Im not sure that is accurate. There is a permanent and a floating (seasonal) population. I am quite sure the permanent population is below the 420,000 mark.

With regards to Pampatar City, the centro comercial La Redoma and Centro Comercial AB are within the Porlamar city limits.

Hello there Regarding the city limits that is inacurate, both commercial centres are under the Pampatar juridiction, that is where they pay their taxes, that is where they belong to. The population is around 400 000 thousand last head count was 1998 then it was 377 000 people. It is a save bet that population has increased in the last 6 years. How much? Nobody knows.

Cleanup issues

• This article, as an anonymous poster has pointed out, reads like a tourist brochure and could benefit from some copyediting. Also, the text of the article needs some wikifying. Some of the external links look like they are only borderline relevant, but I'm not sure how to deal with that, as I suppose they could supply valuable info to someone. --@aron 01:25, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

cut this from article, it reads as a tourist brochure indeed

In close proximity with the mainland, approximately 19 Km. from the coast of Venezuela, enjoying a tropical climate and an average year round temperatute of approximately 27 C to 38 C.

People practice all most kinds of water sports, everything from a simple walk on the beach or a nice tan to discovering the underwater flora and fauna of the Caribbean, from sailing to rowing in a kayak. It is not a mistake to know some Spanish; few people speak fluent English.

Local fishermen pick up their nets at dusk and enjoy the spectacular show of light and color our island has to offer such as the colonial ruins or enjoy the duty free shops, offering the tourist the most prestigious and internationally renown brand names. Only a few Caribbean countries have such a variety of climates and landscapes. From Coral Reef Lagoons, the Amazones Rain Forest, the Plains and the Savannas, the Andes mountains and to one of the largest Delta in the world: Venezuela

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JRSP 16:30, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Name

My mother and my uncles are venezuelan (I am myself, but I've never been there), and they told me the island's name is Margarita, not Isla Margarita.

And it makes sense, since refering e.g. to Gran Canaria as Isla Gran Canaria, or to Tenerife as Isla Tenerife sounds really stupid.

Are there venezuelians that call it Isla Margarita?

Anyhow, is that the way English-speaking people refer to it (as Isla Margarita instead of Margarita Island, or Margarita, ...)? --euyyn 14:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Change of article name to Margarita Island

This is English Wikipedia, and the name of this article definitely needs to be changed to Margarita Island instead of 'Isla Margarita'.
Because of this error, Margarita Island does not at the moment appear under disambiguation when searching 'Margarita'. This has to be rectified.
Also, the disambiguation issue which arises when searching 'Margarita Island' is easily resolved: Margarita Island appears first as Margitsziget -which is in fact Margaret Island in English, and NOT 'Margarita' Island.
Margarita Island must be searchable through 'Margarita'; and it's basic that the article name should be Margarita Island.
After all, we don't have 'Islas Galapagos' for the Galapagos in a way that is not searchable under 'Galapagos'!
(81.109.16.97 09:57, 15 July 2007 (UTC))

Discuss links here

Editors regularly clean out undiscussed links from this article. Please discuss here if you want a link not to be cleaned out regularly. (You can help!) JRSP (talk) 01:01, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

• http://www.nuevaesparta.gob.ve/ : Contains official information from the island's local government. JRSP (talk) 01:07, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Crime

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1208866/Stabbed-robbed-sick-dream-holiday.html/ : Contains news story about a British vacation couple "poisoned, stabbed, stoned and then robbed". 26 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.154.111.85 (talk)

Image of Parque Nacional Laguna de La Restinga

Rather than three beach shots, why not use ParqueNacionalLagunadeLaRestinga.jpg Tomfriedel (talk) 16:26, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Reference

The only reference: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081020/lt_venezuela_naval_base.html?.v=2 is defunct —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.69.80.150 (talk) 00:40, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I'll put the material here until a ref appears, anyway I'm not sure if this is notable enough for inclusion, it's just a project

On October 20, 2008, President Hugo Chavez says a big naval base will be built on Venezuela's largest island. Chavez says Margarita Island's strategic location off Venezuela's coast in the Caribbean Sea makes it perfect for "a naval base of large proportions." Chavez says a naval base there will help authorities fight drug trafficking.

JRSP (talk) 01:28, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

References

Requested move 15 March 2016

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The result of the move request was: To be moved for lack of objection. I'll do a G6 speedy delete on the redirect that's in the way. (non-admin closure) Dicklyon (talk) 04:47, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

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Isla Margarita → Margarita Island – This is the English Wikipedia, so we should use the English name. I don't understand why the title is "Isla Margarita" anyway, the correct Spanish name is "Isla de Margarita". nyuszika7h (talk) 12:24, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

• Comment one of the English names is "Isla Margarita" or "Isla Margarita Island" or "Island of Isla Margarita", thus the title of the article; per these websites, it is called "Isla Margarita" or "Margarita Island" in English [1][2][3] -- 70.51.46.39 (talk) 05:09, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
• Support - NGRAM comparison suggests the English name is more common in English sources.  — Amakuru (talk) 15:12, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

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A map of Margarita Island, the largest island in the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta. Situated off the northeastern coast of the country, in the Caribbean Sea, it is the site of the state capital, La Asunción. Primary industries of this island, which covers 1,020 sq km (390 sq mi), are tourism, fishing and construction.Map: The Photographer

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