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WYNAAD, or WAINAD

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 872 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WYNAAD, or WAINAD , a highland See also:tract in S. See also:India, forming See also:part of See also:Malabar See also:district, See also:Madras. It consists of a table-See also:land amid the W. See also:Ghats, 6o m. See also:long by 30 M. broad, with an See also:average See also:elevation of 3000 ft.; pop. (1901) 75,149. It is best known as the district where a large amount of See also:British See also:capital was sunk during the See also:decade 1876—1886 in See also:gold mines. It had yet earlier been a See also:coffee-planting district, but this See also:industry has recently declined. See also:Tea, See also:pepper and cardamoms are produced in increasing quantities. There are also valuable See also:forest reserves.

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