FALCON  , the most See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• VENEZUELA

Venezuela, with an extensive See also:

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

coast See also:

• LINE

line on the Caribbean 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 and Gulf of Venezuela . Pop . (1905 est.) 173,968 . It lies between the Caribbean on the N. and the state of See also:

• LARA

Lara on the S., with Zulia and the Gulf of Venezuela on the W . Its See also:

• SURFACE

surface is much broken by irregular ranges of See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low mountains, and extensive areas on the coast are sandy plains and tropical swamps . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is, hot, but, being tempered by the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade winds, is not considered unhealthy except in the swampy districts . The state is sparsely settled and has no large towns, its See also:

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

capital, See also:

• CORO

Coro, being important chiefly because of its See also:

• HISTORY

history, and as the entrep6t for an extensive inland See also:

• DISTRICT

district . The only See also:

• PORT

port in the state is La Vela de Coro, on a small See also:

• BAY

bay of the same name, 7 M . E. of the capital, with which it is connected by railway .