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VILLA RICA

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 76 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VILLA RICA , the largest See also:city in the interior of See also:Paraguay, on the railway from See also:Asuncion (70 M. N.W.) to Encamacion. Pop. (1910) about 25,000. Situated in a See also:rich agricultural region watered by the upper Tepicuary, with finely timbered mountains extending to the E. and W., Villa Rica has an important See also:trade in See also:tobacco and yerba See also:mate. It is to a See also:great extent See also:modern, and contains some See also:fine buildings, including a See also:national See also:college, a See also:church, many See also:schools, and a See also:branch of the Agricultural See also:Bank.

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