Population
The demonym for the islanders is Margariteños/as and neoespartanos/as. Foreign nationalities living on the island include Lebanese, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Argentine, Chilean, Uruguayan, Colombian, and Chinese. Immigrants from mainland Venezuela are colloquially called navegaos on the island.
La Asunción is the political capital, but the largest city is Porlamar, which has a little less than 25% of the neoespartanian population, and more than 1/4 of Margaritan population. Margarita's population is over 400,000 inhabitants., Although this tends to fluctuate during holiday periods or holiday and festive season when, according to the 2007 Regional News Telecaribe, reached about 200,000 visitors, mostly from the central and west of the country.
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