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GUARICO , a large inland See also:state of See also:Venezuela created by the territorial redivision of 1904, bounded by See also:Aragua and See also:Miranda on the N., See also:Bermudez on the E., See also:Bolivar on the S., and See also:Zamora on the W . Pop . (19o5 estimate), 78,117 . It extends across the See also:northern llanos to the See also:Orinoco and See also:Apure See also:rivers and is devoted almost wholly to See also:pastoral pursuits, exporting See also:cattle, horses and mules, hides and skins, See also:cheese and some other products . The See also:capital is See also:Calabozo, and the other See also:principal towns are Camaguan (pop . 3648) on the Portugueza See also:river, Guayabal (pop . 3146), on a small tributary of the Guarico river, and Zaraza (pop . 14,546) on the Unare river, nearly 150 M . S.E. of See also:Caracas . |
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