LARA

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LARA , western state of

Venezuela

VENEZUELA

, lying in the

angle

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

formed by the parting of the N. and N.E. ranges of the Cordillera de Merida and extending N.E. with converging frontiers to the Caribbean. Pop. (1905 estimate) 272,252. The greater part of its surface is mountainous, with elevated fertile valleys which have a temperate climate. The Tocuyo river rises in the S.W.

angle

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

of the state and flows N.E. to the Caribbean with a

total

TOTAL

length of 287 m. A narrow-gauge railway, the "

South

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

-western," owned by British capitalists, runs from the port of Tucacas 55 M. S.W. to Barquisimeto by way of the Aroa copper-mining

district

DISTRICT

. Lara produces wheat and other cereals, coffee,

sugar

SUGAR

, tobacco, neat cattle, sheep and various

mineral

MINERAL

ores, including silver, copper, iron, lead, bismuth and antimony. The

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

, Barquisimeto, is one of the largest and most progressive of the inland cities of

Venezuela

VENEZUELA

. Carora is also prominent as a commercial centre. Tocuyo (pop. in 1891, 15,383), 40 M. S.W. of Barquisimeto, is an important commercial and mining town, over 2000 ft. above sea-level, in the midst of a

rich

agricultural and

pastoral

PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

region. Yaritagua (pop. about 12,000), 20 M. E. of Barquisimeto, and 1026 ft. above the sea, is known for its cigar manufactories.

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