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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 752 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BUENAVENTURA , a Pacific See also:

PORT

port of See also:

COLOMBIA

Colombia, in the See also:

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

department of See also:

CAUCA

Cauca, about 210 M. W.S.W. of See also:

BOGOTA, or SANTA FE DE BOGOTA

Bogota. Pop. about 1200. .The See also:

TOWN

town is situated on a small See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, called Cascajal, at the See also:

head of a broad See also:

ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary or See also:

BAY

bay projecting inland from the Bay of Choc6 and to m. from its mouth. Its See also:

GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical position is See also:

LAT

lat. 3° 48' N., See also:

long. 770 12' W. The estuary is deep enough for vessels of 24 ft. 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 and affords an excellent See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour. Buenaventura is a port of See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call for two lines of steamers (See also:

ENGLISH

English and See also:

German), and is the Colombian landing-See also:

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

place 'of the See also:

West See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast See also:

cable. The town is mean in See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, and has a very unhealthy See also:

CLIMATE

climate, oppressively hot and humid. It is the port for the upper See also:

basin of the Cauca, an elevated and fertile region, with two large commercial centres, See also:

POPAYAN

Popayan and See also:

CALI

Cali. In 1907 a railway was under construction to the latter, and an See also:

EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension to Bogota was also projected.

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