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SAN MIGUEL

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 154 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SAN
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MIGUEL  , the
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capital of the
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department of
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San
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Miguel,
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Salvador; 8o m . E. by S. of San Salvador, near the right
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bank of the Rio Grande, and at the
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foot of the
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volcano of San Miguel or Jucuapa (7120 ft.) . Pop . (1905) about 25,000 . San Miguel is an important and attractive
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city, although the extensive swamps in the Rio Grande Valley render
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malaria
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common . It possesses several handsome churches, municipal buildings,
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law courts and two well-equipped hospitals . Near it are the ruins of an
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ancient
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Indian
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town . San Miguel has a flourishing
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trade in
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indigo,
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grain,
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rubber and
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cattle . Its
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port is La
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Union (q.v.) . San Miguel was founded in 1530 by
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Spanish settlers, and became a city in 1586 . Its fairs formerly attracted merchants from all parts of Salvador,
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Guatemala and
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Honduras, and it is now third in
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size among the cities of the
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republic .

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