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CUYABA, or CUTABA

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 677 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CUYABA, or CUTABA , See also:capital of the inland See also:state of Matto Grosso, See also:Brazil, about 972 M. N.W. of Rio de Janeiro, on the Cuyaba See also:river near its See also:discharge into the Sao Lourenco, the See also:principal Brazilian tributary of the See also:Paraguay. Pop. (1890) 14,507; of the See also:municipality, 17,815. The surrounding See also:country is thickly populated. Cuyaba has uninterrupted steamer communication with See also:Montevideo, about 2500 M. distant, but has no See also:land communication with the See also:national capital, except by See also:telegraph, The See also:climate is hot and See also:malaria is prevalent. Cuyabawas founded in 1719 by Paalista See also:gold hunters, and its gold-washings, no* apparently exhausted, yielded See also:rich results in the 18th See also:century. It is the see of a bishopric and headquarters of an important military See also:district, having an See also:arsenal and military See also:barracks.

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