BARQUISIMETO  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of western See also:

• VENEZUELA

Venezuela, See also:

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

capital of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• LARA

Lara, on the Barquisimeto See also:

• RIVER

river, for m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.W. of Tucacas, its See also:

• PORT

port on the Caribbean See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . Pop . (est . 1899) 40,000 . It is built in a small, fertile valley of the See also:

• MERIDA
• MERIDA (anc. Augusta Emerita, capital of Lusitania)

Merida Cordilleras, 1985 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, has a temperate, healthy See also:

• CLIMATE

climate with a mean See also:

• ANNUAL

annual temperature of 78° F., and is surrounded by a highly productive See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country from which are exported See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, cacao and See also:

• RUM
• RUM (according to Skeat, a corruption of Malay brum or bram; the adjective " rum," i.e. " queer," being a distinct word, in Gipsy rem)

rum . It is also an important distributing centre for neighbouring districts . The city is the seat of a bishopric, is regularly laid out and well built, and is well provided with educational and charitable institutions . Barquisimeto was founded in 1522 by Juan de See also:

• VILLEGAS, ESTEBAN MANUEL DE (1589-1669)

Villegas, who was exploring the neighbourhood for See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold, and it was first called Nueva See also:

• SEGOVIA

Segovia after his native city . In 1807 its See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population had risen to 15,000, principally through its commercial importance, but on the 26th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1812 it was totally destroyed by an See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake, and with it 1500 lives, including a See also:

• PART

part of the revolutionary forces occupying the See also:

• TOWN

town .. It was soon rebuilt and is one of the few cities of Venezuela which have recovered from the ravages of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence and subsequent disorders .