GUADUAS  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• CUNDINAMARCA

Cundinamarca, See also:

• COLOMBIA

Colombia, 53 M . N.W. of See also:

• BOGOTA, or SANTA FE DE BOGOTA

Bogota on the old road between that See also:

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

city and the Magdalena See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• PORT

port of Honda . Pop . (1900, estimate) 9000, chiefly See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians or of mixed See also:

• BLOOD

blood . It stands in a narrow and picturesque valley formed by spurs of the Eastern See also:

• CORDILLERA

Cordillera, and on a small stream bearing the same name, which is that of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• BAMBOO

bamboo (guaduas), found in See also:

• GREAT

great abundance along its See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks . See also:

• SUGAR

Sugar-See also:

• CANE

cane and See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee are cultivated in the vicinity, and fruits of various kinds are produced in great abundance . The See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of the town is 3353 ft. above the 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 it has a remarkably See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform temperature throughout the whole See also:

• YEAR

year . Guaduas has a See also:

• PRETTY

pretty See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church facing upon its plaza, and an old monastery now used for See also:

• SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular purposes . The importance of the town sprang from its position on the old amino real between Bogota and Honda, an importance that has passed away with-the completion of the railway from Girardot to the Bogota See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau . Guaduas was founded in 1614 .