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YAUCO

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 908 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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YAUCO  , a

city of the department of
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Ponce,
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Porto Rico, 20 M . W. by N. of the city of Ponce . Pop . (1899) 61o8 . Yauco is served by the
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American Railroad of Porto Rico . The city is situated about 150 ft. above the sea, and has a delightful
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climate . It is connected by a wagon road with its
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port, Guanica (pop. about moo), which has an excellent harbour . Coffee and
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tobacco are the chief
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industries . Yauco was first settled in 1756 .

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