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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 619 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CUMANA , a See also:

city and See also:port of See also:Venezuela, See also:capital of the See also:state of See also:Bermudez, situated on the See also:Manzanares See also:river about r m. above its mouth, 52 ft. above See also:sea-level and 18o m. E. of See also:Caracas. It is the See also:oldest existing See also:European See also:settlement on the See also:South See also:American See also:continent, having been founded by Diego Castellon in 1523 under the name of Nueva See also:Toledo. The city was almost totally destroyed by an See also:earthquake in 1766, and again in 1797. Slight shocks are very frequent, some of them severe enough to cause considerable damage to the buildings. The mean See also:annual temperature is 83° F. and the See also:climate is enervating. In colonial times the city was See also:rich and prosperous and enjoyed a lucrative See also:trade with the See also:mother See also:country, its See also:population at that See also:time being estimated at 30,000, but much of its prosperity has disappeared and its population is now estimated at 10,000. Excellent fruits are produced in its vicinity, and its exports include cacao, See also:coffee, See also:sugar, hides, See also:tobacco and sundry products in small quantities. A See also:tramway connects the city with its port at the mouth of the Manzanares.

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