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NEW IBERIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 501 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NEW IBERIA , a See also:

city of See also:Louisiana, U.S.A., See also:capital of Iberia See also:parish, on the See also:Bayou Teche, in the See also:southern See also:part of the See also:state, about 125 M. W. of New See also:Orleans. Pop. (1890) 3447; (1900) 6815 (3309 negroes); (1910) 7499. It is served by the Southern Pacific, the See also:Franklin and See also:Abbeville, and the New Iberia & See also:Northern See also:railways. See also:Lumber, See also:sugar, See also:cotton and See also:rice are produced in the neighbourhood. At the See also:village of Avery See also:Island, about to m. S.E., there are deposits of See also:rock See also:salt. The See also:municipality owns and operates the waterworks and the electric See also:lighting plant. New Iberia was laid out in 1835 and was chartered as a city in 1839.

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