Province of Margarita

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Spanish colonial province former administrative division

The Province of Margarita was a Spanish colonial administrative division centered on Margarita Island off the northeastern coast of present-day Venezuela.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Province of Margarita canonical	2
Province of Nueva Esparta	1

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish colonial province ⓘ former administrative division ⓘ
borderedBy	Caribbean Sea ⓘ
capital	La Asunción ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
economy	maritime trade ⓘ pearl fishing ⓘ
establishedBy	Crown of Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
governmentType	colonial provincial administration ⓘ
historicalRegion	Colonial Venezuela ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ Margarita Island ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
mainIsland	Margarita Island ⓘ
namedAfter	Margarita Island ⓘ
partOf	Spanish West Indies ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Nueva Esparta State ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereignState	Spanish Empire ⓘ
strategicRole	base for Spanish control of nearby coasts ⓘ naval outpost in the Caribbean ⓘ
successor	Nueva Esparta State ⓘ Province of Margarita self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Province of Nueva Esparta
timePeriod	Spanish colonial era ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Captaincy General of Venezuela → includedTerritory → Province of Margarita ⓘ

Captain General of Venezuela → appliesToTerritorialEntity → Province of Margarita ⓘ

Province of Margarita → successor → Province of Margarita self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Nueva Esparta