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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 382 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CARORA , an inland See also:

TOWN

town of the See also:

state of See also:

LARA

Lara, See also:

VENEZUELA

Venezuela, on the Carora, a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Tocuyo See also:

RIVER

river, about 54 M. W. by S. of the See also:

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

city of See also:

BARQUISIMETO

Barquisimeto, and 1128 ft. above See also:

sea-level. Pop. (1908 estimate) 6000. The town is comparatively well-built and possesses a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

church, and a Franciscan See also:

CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent and hermitage. It was founded in 1754, and its colonial See also:

HISTORY

history shows considerable prosperity, its See also:

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

population at that See also:

time numbering 9000 to 1o,000. The neighbouring 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 is devoted principally to raising horses, mules and 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; and in addition to hides and See also:

leather, it exports See also:

RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber and other See also:

FOREST

forest products.

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