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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 286 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TRINIDAD , a See also:

town near the See also:southern See also:coast of See also:Cuba; in See also:Santa See also:Clara See also:Province, about 45 M. See also:south-See also:east of See also:Cienfuegos. and 3 M. from its seaport, Casilda, which lies due south. Pop. (1907), 11,197. There is a small See also:local railway, not connected (in 1909) with the central See also:trunk See also:line of the See also:island. The See also:city lies on the slope of La Vigia See also:hill (goo ft.) amid higher mountains, and on the See also:banks of the Jayoba (See also:San Juan) See also:river. The streets are narrow, broken and tortuous, and the See also:general aspect of the town is See also:medieval. There are some attractive buildings and a very See also:fine See also:market square. The fine scenery in the neighbourhood, and the See also:climate, which is possibly the healthiest in Cuba, make the See also:place a favourite resort for natives and foreigners. Casilda (pop. in 1907, 1246) has a See also:land-locked, shallow See also:harbour; but Masio See also:Bay, a trifle farther distant, accommodates larger See also:craft; and there are excellent deep-See also:water anchorages among the quays off the coast. The See also:Manati river is navigable for about 7 M. inland, and is used as an outlet for See also:sugar and See also:molasses crops. These and See also:honey are the See also:chief exports; See also:tobacco and various vegetables and fruits are of See also:minor importance. Trinidad is one of the seven See also:original cities of Cuba established by Diego Velasquez.

It was founded in 1514 on the coast, but after being attacked by pirates was removed inland. It was thrice sacked by See also:

English See also:buccaneers—in 1642, 16J4 and 1702; and in the following years, up to and for a See also:time after the See also:peace of See also:Utrecht (1713), it maintained See also:ships and soldiers. Indeed, throughout the first See also:half of the 18th See also:century it was on a continuous See also:war footing against English corsairs, making See also:reprisals on See also:British ships and thriving at the same time on a large See also:contraband See also:trade with See also:Jamaica and other See also:foreign colonies. In 1818 Casilda was opened to legal See also:commerce under the See also:national and foreign flags.

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