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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 209 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LARA , western See also:

state of See also:

VENEZUELA

Venezuela, lying in the See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle formed by the parting of the N. and N.E. ranges of the See also:

CORDILLERA

Cordillera de See also:

Merida and extending N.E. with converging frontiers to the Caribbean. Pop. (1905 estimate) 272,252. The greater See also:

PART

part of its See also:

SURFACE

surface is mountainous, with elevated fertile valleys which have a temperate See also:

CLIMATE

climate. The Tocuyo See also:

RIVER

river rises in the S.W. angle of the state and flows N.E. to the Caribbean with a See also:

TOTAL

total length of 287 m. A narrow-See also:

GAUGE, or GAGE (Med. Lat. gauja, jaugia, Fr. jauge, perhaps connected with Fr. jale, a bowl, galon, gallon)

gauge railway, the " See also:

South-western," owned by See also:

BRITISH

British capitalists, runs from the See also:

PORT

port of Tucacas 55 M. S.W. to See also:

BARQUISIMETO

Barquisimeto by way of the Aroa See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper-See also:

MINING

mining See also:

DISTRICT

district. Lara produces See also:

wheat and other cereals, See also:

COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, See also:

SUGAR

sugar, See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco, neat 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:

sheep and various See also:

MINERAL

mineral ores, including See also:

SILVER

silver, copper, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, See also:

lead, See also:

BISMUTH

bismuth and See also:

ANTIMONY (symbol Sb, atomic weight 120.2)

antimony. The See also:

capital, Barquisimeto, is one of the largest and most progressive of the inland cities of Venezuela. See also:

CARORA

Carora is also prominent as a commercial centre. Tocuyo (pop. in 1891, 15,383), 40 M. S.W. of Barquisimeto, is an important commercial and mining See also:

TOWN

town, over 2000 ft. above See also:

sea-level, in the midst of a See also:

rich agricultural and See also:

PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral region.

Yaritagua (pop. about 12,000), 20 M. E. of Barquisimeto, and 1026 ft. above the sea, is known for its See also:

CIGAR

cigar manufactories.

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