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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 297 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CARABOBO , the smallest of the thirteen states of See also:

Venezuela, bounded N. by the Caribbean See also:Sea, E. by the See also:state of See also:Aragua, S. by See also:Zamora and W. by See also:Lara. Its See also:area is 2985 sq. m., and its See also:population, according to an See also:official estimate of 1905, is 221,891. The greater See also:part of its See also:surface is mountainous with moderately elevated valleys of See also:great fertility and productiveness, but See also:south of the See also:Cordillera there are extensive grassy plains conterminous with those of See also:Guarico and Zamora, on which large herds of See also:cattle are pastured. The See also:principal products of the state are cattle, hides and See also:cheese from the See also:southern plains, See also:coffee and cereals from the higher valleys, See also:sugar and agua' diente from the See also:lower valleys about See also:Lake See also:Valencia, and cacao, coco-nuts and cow-See also:nut fibre from the See also:coast. Various minerals are also found in its south-See also:west districts, about Nirgua. The See also:capital is Valencia, and its principal towns are Puerto Cabello, See also:Montalban (estimated pop. in 1904 7500), 30 M. W.S.W. of Valencia; Nirgua (pop. in 1891 8394), an important commercial and See also:mining See also:town 362 m. S.W. of Valencia, 2500 ft. above sea level; and Ocumare (pop. in 1891 7493), near the coast 182 m. E. of Puerto Cabello, celebrated for the See also:fine quality of its cacao. Carabobo is best known for the See also:battle fought on the 24th of See also:June 1821 on a See also:plain at the southern exit from the passes through the Cordillera in this state, between the revolutionists under See also:Bolivar and the See also:Spanish forces under La Torre. It was one of the four decisive battles of the See also:war, though the forces engaged were only a part of the two armies and numbered 2400 revolutionists (composed of 1500 mounted llaneros known as the " See also:Apure See also:legion," and 900 See also:British), and 3000 Spaniards. The See also:day was won by the British, who drove the Spaniards from the See also:field at the point of the See also:bayonet, although at a terrible loss of See also:life.

The British legion was afterwards acclaimed by Bolivar as " Salvadores de mi Patria." The Spanish forces continued the war until near the end of 1823, but their operations were restricted to the districts on the coast.

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