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!colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Margate

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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Administration

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|width="50%"|[[District]]:||[[Thanet district|Thanet]]

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|width="50%"|[[Administrative counties of England|County]]:||[[Kent]]

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|width="50%"|[[Regions of England|Region]]:||[[South East England]]

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|width="50%"|[[Home Nations|Nation]]:||[[England]]

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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Other

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|width="50%"|[[Ceremonial counties of England|Ceremonial County]]:||[[Kent]]

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|width="50%"|[[Traditional counties of England|Traditional County]]:||[[Kent]]

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|width="50%"|[[Postal counties of Great Britain|Postal County]]:||[[Kent]]

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'''Margate''' was known as Meregate (in 1254) or Margate (in 1293) is on the [[Isle of Thanet]] in Kent, England. Its meaning may be translated as "a pool gate or gap in a cliff where pools of water are found". The cliffs of the Isle of Thanet are composed of [[London Clay]], a fossil-bearing rock.