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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 431 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BARRANQUILLA , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and See also:

PORT

port of See also:

COLOMBIA

Colombia, See also:

South See also:

AMERICA

America, See also:

capital of a See also:

province of the same name in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Atlantico, on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the Magdalena See also:

RIVER

river about 7 M. above its mouth and 182 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail from its seaport, Puerto Colombia. Pop. (est. 1902) 31,000. Owing to a dangerous See also:

bar at the mouth of the Magdalena the See also:

trade of the extensive territory tributary to that river, which is about 6o % of that of the entire 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, must pass in See also:

GREAT

great See also:

PART

part through Barranquilla and its seaport, making it the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal commercial centre of the See also:

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic. Savanilla was used as a seaport until about 1890, when shoals caused by drifting sands compelled a removal to Puerto Colombia, a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short distance westward, where a See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier, 4000 ft. in length; has been constructed to facilitate the handling of See also:

FREIGHT, (pronounced like " weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= " laden ")

freight. The See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation of the Magdalena is carried on by means of See also:

LIGHT

light-See also:

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught steamboats which ascend to Yeguas, 14 M. below Honda, where goods are transhipped by rail to the latter See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, and thence by See also:

pack animals to See also:

BOGOTA, or SANTA FE DE BOGOTA

Bogota, or by smaller boats to points farther up the river. Barranquilla was originally founded in 1629, but attracted no See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention as a commercial centre until about the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the 19th See also:

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

century, when efforts were initiated to secure the trade passing through See also:

CARTAGENA, or CARTHAGENA

Cartagena. The city is built on a See also:

low See also:

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

plain, is regularly laid out, and has many See also:

FINE

fine warehouses, public buildings and residences, but its greater part, however, consists of mud-walled cabins supported by See also:

BAMBOO

bamboo (guadua) framework and thatched with rushes. The See also:

WATER

water-See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is See also:

DRAWN

drawn from the Magdalena, and the city is provided with See also:

TELEPHONE (Gr. rjXs, far, and dxwvr7, voice)

telephone, electric light and tram services. Owing to periodical inundations, the surrounding country is but little cultivated, and the greater part of the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, which is of the mixed type See also:

COMMON

common to the low-lands of See also:

COLUMBIA

Columbia, is engaged in no settled productive occupation.

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