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Nueva Esparta

Nueva Esparta is one of the 23 states of . It was granted free-port status in 1973 and is in the Caribbean Sea, just a short distance off the northeastern coast of Venezuela.
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is the main city on . Travelers will usually arrive and depart here and even if staying in a resort area elsewhere on the island, are likely to visit the city for dining, shopping, or nightlife.

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was originally a fishing village and beach on situated on the south side of Island about 3 km from the airport. It has become one of busiest tourist destinations.

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is a town of 20,000 people on in . The main activity of the town is tourism, where historical and cultural value play an important role.

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is in the state of Nueva Esparta, off the northeastern coast of the mainland and to the northeast of the country's capital .

Nueva Esparta

Latitude of center
10.9739° or 10° 58′ 26″ north
Longitude of center
-64.0598° or 64° 3′ 35″ west
Population
492,000
Elevation
159 metres (522 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313466896
Geo­Names ID
3631462
Wiki­data ID
Q204876
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Nueva Esparta” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نويفا إسبارتا”
  • Aragonese: “Estato Nueba Esparta”
  • Aragonese: “Estato Nueva Esparta”
  • Aragonese: “Estau Nueva Esparta”
  • Aragonese: “Nueba Esparta”
  • Aragonese: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Asturian: “Estáu Nueva Esparta”
  • Asturian: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Basque: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Belarusian: “Нуэва-Эспарта”
  • Belarusian: “Штат Нуэва-Эспарта”
  • Bengali: “নুয়েবা এস্পারতা”
  • Breton: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Bulgarian: “Нуева Еспарта”
  • Catalan: “Estat Nueva Esparta”
  • Catalan: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Cebuano: “Estado Nueva Esparta”
  • Chinese: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Chinese: “新埃斯帕塔州”
  • Cornish: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Croatian: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Czech: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Danish: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Dutch: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Esperanto: “Nova Sparto”
  • Estonian: “Nueva Esparta osariik”
  • Estonian: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Finnish: “Nueva Esparta”
  • French: “Etat de Nueva Esparta”
  • French: “État de Nueva Esparta”
  • French: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Georgian: “ნუევა ესპარტა”
  • Georgian: “ნუევა-ესპარტა”
  • German: “Nueva Esparta”
  • German: “VE-O”
  • Greek: “Νούεβα Εσπάρτα”
  • Gujarati: “નુએવા એસ્પાર્ટા”
  • Hebrew: “נואבה אספרטה”
  • Hindi: “न्युएवा एस्पार्टा”
  • Indonesian: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Italian: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Italian: “Nuova Sparta”
  • Japanese: “ヌエバ・エスパルタ州”
  • Japanese: “ヌエバエスパルタ州”
  • Kannada: “ನುವಾ ಎಸ್ಪಾರ್ಟಾ”
  • Korean: “누에바 에스파르타 주”
  • Korean: “누에바 에스파르타”
  • Korean: “누에바에스파르타”
  • Korean: “누에바에스파르타주”
  • Ladino: “Mueva Esparta”
  • Latvian: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Lithuanian: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Luxembourgish: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Macedonian: “Нуева Еспарта”
  • Malay: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Marathi: “नुएव्ह एस्पर्टा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nueva Esparta (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Norwegian: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Ossetian: “Ног Спартæ”
  • Ossetian: “Нуэвæ-Эспартæ”
  • Ossetian: “Нуэва-Эспартæ”
  • Persian: “نوئوا اسپارتا”
  • Polish: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Portuguese: “Estado Nueva Esparta”
  • Portuguese: “Nova Esparta”
  • Portuguese: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Quechua: “Nueva Esparta suyu”
  • Romanian: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Russian: “Нуэва-Эспарта”
  • Scots: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Serbian: “Нуева Еспарта”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Sinhala: “නුඑවා එස්පර්ටා ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “නුඑවා එස්පර්ටා”
  • Sinhala: “නුවෙවා එස්පාර්ටා ප්‍රාන්තය, වෙනිසියුලාව”
  • Slovenian: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Slovenian: “VE-O”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نووا اسپارتا”
  • Spanish: “Estado Nueva Esparta”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Margarita”
  • Spanish: “Margarita”
  • Spanish: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Swahili: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Swedish: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Tajik: “Ijoloti Nueva Esparta”
  • Tajik: “Иёлати Нуэва Эспарта”
  • Tajik: “Иёлоти Нуэва Эспарта”
  • Tamil: “நுயேவா எஸ்பார்ட்டா”
  • Telugu: “నుయేవా ఎస్పార్టా”
  • Thai: “รัฐนวยบาเอสปาร์ตา”
  • Thai: “รัฐนูเอบาเอสปาร์ตา”
  • Turkish: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Ukrainian: “Нуева-Еспарта”
  • Urdu: “نویبا ایسپارتا”
  • Vietnamese: “Nueva Esparta”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nueva Esparta”
  • Wayuu: “Jeketü Espaatta”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ نیوا اسپارٹا”
  • Wu Chinese: “新埃斯帕塔州”

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