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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 393 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BARCELONA , a See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

PORT

port of See also:

VENEZUELA

Venezuela, See also:

capital of the See also:

state of See also:

BERMUDEZ

Bermudez, on the Neveri See also:

RIVER

river, 3 m. from its mouth and 12 M. by'See also:

RAIL

rail from the port of See also:

GUANTA

Guanta, which has superseded the incommodious river port in the See also:

trade of this See also:

DISTRICT

district. Pop. (est. 1904) 13,000. Built on the border of a See also:

low See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain and having a mean See also:

ANNUAL

annual temperature of 82° F., the town has the reputation of being unhealthy. There are See also:

salt See also:

WORKS

works and important See also:

COAL

coal deposits in its vicinity, the latter at Naricual and Capiricual, 12 M. distant by rail. Though the adjacent See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is fertile, its prosperity has greatly declined, and the exports of See also:

COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, See also:

SUGAR

sugar, cacao and See also:

FOREST

forest products are much less important than formerly. The town See also:

DATES

dates from 1637, when it was located at the See also:

FOOT

foot of the Cerro Santo and was called Nueva Barcelona; it reached a state of much prosperity and commercial importance before the end of the See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. The See also:

War of See also:

Independence, however, and the chronic See also:

POLITICAL

political disorders that followed nearly ruined its See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries and trade.

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