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Encyclopedia Britannica



FORMOSA

This article appears in Volume V10, Page 669 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FLA-FRA
FORMOSA , a northern territory of the Argentine republic, bounded N. by Bolivia, N.E. and E. by
Paraguay
 , S. by the Chaco Territory, and W. by Salta, with the Pilcomayo and Bermejo forming its northern and southern boundaries. Estimated area, 41,402 sq. m. It is a vast plain, sloping gently to the S.E., covered with marshes and tropical forests. Very little is known of it except small areas along the Bermejo and
Paraguay
  rivers, where attempts have been made to form settlements. The unexplored interior is still occupied by tribes of wild Indians. The climate is hot, the summer temperature rising to a maximum of 1040 F. Timber-cutting is the
principal
  occupation of the settlers, though stock-raising and
agriculture
  engage some attention in the settlements on the Paraguay. The
capital
 , Formosa (founded 1879), is a small
settlement
  on the Paraguay with a
population
  of about
lobo
  in 1900. The settled
population
  of the territory was 4829 in 1895, which it was estimated had increased to 13,431 in 1905. The nomadic Indians are estimated at 8000.


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