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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 963 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CALABOZO, or CALABOSO

CALABOZO, or CALABOSO , an inland See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

VENEZUELA

Venezuela, once See also:

capital of the See also:

province of See also:

CARACAS

Caracas in the colonial See also:

period, and now capital of the See also:

state of See also:

GUARICO

Guarico. Pop. (1890 5618. Calabozo is situated in the midst of an extensive nano on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the Guarico See also:

RIVER

river, 325 ft. above See also:

sea-level and 123 M. S.S.W. of Caracas. The See also:

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

plain lies slightly above the level of intersecting See also:

rivers and is frequently flooded in the See also:

RAINY, ROBERT (1826-1906)

rainy See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season; in summer the See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat is most oppressive, the See also:

AVERAGE

average temperature being 88° F. The town is regularly laid out with streets See also:

CROSSING

crossing at right angles, and possesses several See also:

FINE

fine old churches, a See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college and public school. It is also a See also:

bishop's see, and a See also:

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

place of considerable commercial importance because of its situation in the midst of a See also:

rich See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle-raising 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. It is said to have been an See also:

INDIAN

Indian town originally, and was made one of the trading stations of the Compania Guipuzcoana in 1730. However, like most Venezuelan towns, Calabozo made little growth during the 19th See also:

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

century. In 182o the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish forces under Morales were defeated here by the revolutionists under See also:

Bolivar and See also:

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