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BARQUISIMETO

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 426 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARQUISIMETO , a See also:

city of western See also:Venezuela, See also:capital of the See also:state of See also:Lara, on the Barquisimeto See also:river, for m. by See also:rail S.W. of Tucacas, its See also:port on the Caribbean See also:coast. Pop. (est. 1899) 40,000. It is built in a small, fertile valley of the See also:Merida Cordilleras, 1985 ft. above See also:sea-level, has a temperate, healthy See also:climate with a mean See also:annual temperature of 78° F., and is surrounded by a highly productive See also:country from which are exported See also:coffee, See also:sugar, cacao and See also:rum. It is also an important distributing centre for neighbouring districts. The city is the seat of a bishopric, is regularly laid out and well built, and is well provided with educational and charitable institutions. Barquisimeto was founded in 1522 by Juan de See also:Villegas, who was exploring the neighbourhood for See also:gold, and it was first called Nueva See also:Segovia after his native city. In 1807 its See also:population had risen to 15,000, principally through its commercial importance, but on the 26th of See also:March 1812 it was totally destroyed by an See also:earthquake, and with it 1500 lives, including a See also:part of the revolutionary forces occupying the See also:town.. It was soon rebuilt and is one of the few cities of Venezuela which have recovered from the ravages of the See also:war of See also:independence and subsequent disorders.

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