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Encyclopedia Britannica



BUENAVENTURA

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 752 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BRI-BUN
BUENAVENTURA , a Pacific port of
Colombia
 , in the department of
Cauca
 , about 210 M. W.S.W. of Bogota. Pop. about 1200. .The town is situated on a small
island
 , called Cascajal, at the head of a broad estuary or bay projecting inland from the Bay of Choc6 and to m. from its mouth. Its geographical position is lat. 3 48' N.,
long
 . 770 12' W. The estuary is deep enough for vessels of 24 ft.
draught
  and affords an excellent harbour. Buenaventura is a port of
call
  for two lines of steamers (
English
 
and German), and is the Colombian landing-place 'of the West
Coast
  cable. The town is mean in
appearance
 , and has a very unhealthy climate, oppressively hot and humid. It is the port for the upper basin of the
Cauca
 , an elevated and fertile region, with two large commercial centres, Popayan and Cali. In 1907 a railway was under construction to the latter, and an extension to Bogota was also projected.


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