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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 931 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAYAGUEZ , the third largest See also:

city of See also:Porto Rico, a seaport, and the seat of See also:government of the See also:department of Mayaguez, on the See also:west See also:coast, at the mouth of Rio Yaguez, about 72 M. W. by S. of See also:San Juan. Pop. of the city (1899), 15,187, including 1381 negroes and 4711 of mixed races; (1910), 16, 591; of the municipal See also:district, 35,700 (1899), of whom 2687 were negroes and 9933 were of mixed races. Mayaguez is connected by the See also:American railroad of Porto Rico with San Juan and See also:Ponce, and it is served regularly by steamboats from San Juan, Ponce and New See also:York, although its See also:harbour is not accessible to vessels See also:drawing more than 16 ft. of See also:water. It is situated at the See also:foot of See also:Las Mesas mountains and commands picturesque views, The See also:climate is healthy and See also:good water is obtained from the See also:mountain region. From the See also:shipping district along the water-front a thoroughfare leads to the See also:main portion of the city, about , m. distant. There are four public squares, in one of which is a statue of See also:Columbus. Prominent among the public buildings are the City See also:Hall (containing a public library), San See also:Antonio See also:Hospital, See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, a Presbyterian See also:church, the See also:court-See also:house and a See also:theatre. The See also:United States has an agricultural experiment station here, and the Insular Reform School is 1 m. See also:south of the city. See also:Coffee, See also:sugar-See also:cane and tropical fruits are grown in the surrounding See also:country; and the business of the city consists chiefly in their export and the import of See also:flour. Among the manufactures are sugar, See also:tobacco and See also:chocolate. Mayaguez was founded about the See also:middle of the 18th See also:century on the site of a See also:hamlet which was first settled about 1680.

It was incorporated as a See also:

town in 1836, and became a city in 1873. In 1841 it was nearly all destroyed by See also:fire.

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