Tubores Municipality

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Tubores Municipality

Municipio Tubores
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Tubores Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°57′00″N64°05′00″W / 10.95°N 64.08333°W / 10.95; -64.08333 Coordinates: 10°57′00″N64°05′00″W / 10.95°N 64.08333°W / 10.95; -64.08333
CountryFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
State Nueva Esparta
Municipal seat Punta de Piedras
Area
  Total179.9 km2 (69.5 sq mi)
Time zone UTC−4 (VET)
Website Official website

Tubores is a municipality of the state of Nueva Esparta, Venezuela. Tubores includes part of Nueva Esparta's main island, Isla Margarita, as well as the whole of the sparsely inhabited island of Cubagua to the south. The capital is Punta de Piedras on Isla Margarita.

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