Pampatar

Pampatar is a city on . The Castillo de San Carlos de Borromeo on the waterfront in the center of town. Constructed entirely of coral, the fort, built by the Spanish in 1662 after the original was destroyed by the Dutch.
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  • Type: City with 65,000 residents
  • Description: city in Nueva Esparta, Margarita Island, Venezuela
  • Also known as: “Pampatar, Margarita Island”, “Pampatar, Nueva Esparta, Isla de Margarita”, “Panpatar”, and “Pompatar”
Photo: Clediney Boeira da S…, CC BY 3.0.

Pampatar

Latitude
10.9957° or 10° 59′ 45″ north
Longitude
-63.8051° or 63° 48′ 18″ west
Population
65,000
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
UN/LOCODE
VE PMP
Open location code
772RX5WV+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 264393690
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3630893
Wiki­data ID
Q3041568
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Pampatar” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Pampatar”
  • Bulgarian: “Пампатар”
  • Catalan: “Pampatar”
  • Cebuano: “Pampatar”
  • Chinese: “潘帕塔尔”
  • Chinese: “潘帕塔爾”
  • Dutch: “Pampatar”
  • French: “Pampatar”
  • German: “Pampatar”
  • Hindi: “पाम्पातार”
  • Italian: “Pampatar”
  • Japanese: “パンパタル”
  • Persian: “پمپاتار”
  • Polish: “Pampatar”
  • Portuguese: “Pampatar”
  • Russian: “Пампатар”
  • Sinhala: “පම්පටාර්, නුඑවා එස්පර්ටා”
  • Spanish: “Pampatar”
  • Swedish: “Pampatar”

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