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SAN MIGUEL

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 154 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SAN

SAN See also:
MIGUEL, MARIA EVARIST (1802–1866)
MIGUEL , the See also:

capital of the See also:

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

department of San Miguel, See also:

SALVADOR, or SAN SALVADOR (Republica del Salvador)

Salvador; 8o m. E. by S. of San Salvador, near the right See also:

BANK

bank of the Rio Grande, and at the See also:

FOOT

foot of the See also:

VOLCANO

volcano of San Miguel or Jucuapa (7120 ft.). Pop. (1905) about 25,000. San Miguel is an important and attractive See also:

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

city, although the extensive swamps in the Rio Grande Valley render See also:

MALARIA

malaria See also:

COMMON

common. It possesses several handsome churches, municipal buildings, See also:

law courts and two well-equipped hospitals. Near it are the ruins of an See also:

ancient See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

TOWN

town. San Miguel has a flourishing See also:

trade in See also:

INDIGO (earlier indico, from Lat. indicum, the Indian sub-stance or dye; the Sans. name was niti, from nila, dark blue, and this through Arab. al-nil, annil, gives " aniline ")

indigo, See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, See also:

RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber and 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. Its See also:

PORT

port is La See also:

Union (q.v.). San Miguel was founded in 1530 by See also:

SPANISH

Spanish settlers, and became a city in 1586. Its fairs formerly attracted merchants from all parts of Salvador, See also:

Guatemala and See also:

HONDURAS

Honduras, and it is now third in See also:

SIZE

size among the cities of the See also:

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

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