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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 665 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GUAYAMA , a small See also:

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

city and the See also:

capital of a municipal See also:

DISTRICT

district and See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the same name, on the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

PORTO

Porto Rico, 53 M. S. of See also:

SAN

San Juan. Pop. (1899) of thecity, 5334; (1910) 8321; (1899) of the district, 12,749. The district (156 sq. m.) includes See also:

ARROYO (O. Sp. arrogio, Lat. arrogium, a rivulet or stream)

Arroyo and Salinas. The city stands about 230 ft. above the See also:

sea and has a mild, healthy See also:

CLIMATE

climate. It is connected with See also:

PONCE

Ponce by railway (1910), and with the See also:

PORT

port of Arroyo by an excellent road, See also:

PART

part of the military road extending to See also:

CAYEY

Cayey, and it exports See also:

SUGAR

sugar, See also:

rum, See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, 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, See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and other products of the department, which is very fertile. The city was founded in 1736, but was completely destroyed by See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1832. It was rebuilt on a rectangular See also:

plan and possesses several buildings of See also:

note. Drinking-See also:

WATER

water is brought in through an See also:

AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

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