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DIAMANTINO

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 157 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIAMANTINO  , a small

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town of the
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state of Matto Grosso,
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Brazil, near the Diamantino
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river, about 6 m. above its junction with the
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Paraguay, in 14° 24' 33" S., 56° 8' 3o° W . Pop . (1890) of the
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municipality 2147, mostly
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Indians . It stands in a broken sterile region 1837 ft. above
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sea-level and at the
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foot of the
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great Matto Grosso
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plateau . The first
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mining
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settlement
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dates from 1730, when
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gold was found in the vicinity . On the
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discovery of diamonds in 1746 the settlement
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drew a large
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population and for a
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time was very prosperous . The mines failed to meet expectations, however, and the population has steadily declined .
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Ipecacuanha and
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vanilla beans are now the
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principal articles of export .

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