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CORUMBA , a See also:town and See also:river See also:port of See also:Brazil on the W. See also:bank of the See also:Paraguay river, 1986 m. above Buenos Aires and 486 m. above the Paraguayan frontier . Pop . (189o) 8414 . Corumba is a fortified military See also:post, has the large Ladario See also:naval See also:arsenal, where small river boats are built and repaired, and is the commercial entrep6t of the See also:state of Matto Grosso . It is near the Bolivian frontier and is strongly garrisoned . Although the See also:climate is extremely hot, the neighbouring See also:country has many large See also:cattle farms . Corumba is one of the most important places in the interior of Brazil . |
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