The earth and its inhabitants .. . d hills and plateauxencircling them. Towns, such as Ilubio, have sprung up quite recently in theverv wilderness, while others, such as San Antonio de Tachira, have recoveredfrom the disastrous earthquake of LSTo. Varinas (Barinas), formerly a provincial capital, but now decayed, gives itsname to a tobacco of excellent quality, very little of which, however, is grown inthis part of the llanos. Giinnarr, the present state capital, stands on the highbanks of the llio Guanare, an affluent of the Portuguesa. In the same basinare the prosperous little towns of BJum
The earth and its inhabitants .. . d hills and plateauxencircling them. Towns, such as Ilubio, have sprung up quite recently in theverv wilderness, while others, such as San Antonio de Tachira, have recoveredfrom the disastrous earthquake of LSTo. Varinas (Barinas), formerly a provincial capital, but now decayed, gives itsname to a tobacco of excellent quality, very little of which, however, is grown inthis part of the llanos. Giinnarr, the present state capital, stands on the highbanks of the llio Guanare, an affluent of the Portuguesa. In the same basinare the prosperous little towns of BJuma, Miranda, Ninjaa (one of the firstSpanish settlements), San Carlos (a former Indian mission), Cojedes, Acarlgua,and Van. Farther east Calahozo, founded in the last century by the Guipuzcoa (Basque)Company, crowns a hill 500 feet high, encircled by a bend of the Rio to this relatively elevated position, and to the absence of marshy tracts,Calabozo has always been the most healthy plate iu the llanos. Before 1868 it. 3 SAN FERNANDO DE ATABAPO. 121 was one of the most flourishing places in the republic ; but it lost half its wealthand population in the civil war, which long ravaged this region. The seat ofgovernment for the state of Guarico was also removed from Calabozo to the farinferior town of Ortiz, which, with the neighbouring Paraparu, commands thenorthern approach to the llanos at the foot of Mount Galera. San Fernando occupies a position of vital importance on the right bank of theApure, opposite the mouth of the Rio Portuguesa. Here it commands the con-verging point of four navigable streams, on which steamers ply in one directionto the port of Xidrias, beyond Ciudad Bolivar, in another up the Portuguesa toEl Batil. But the whole region is so sparsely peopled that the trade of SanFernando still remains undeveloped, although it has taken the place of Achacjuas Fig. 42.âEisnFiCATioxs of the 1 : 1,400,000. ^y ^Fernando deAtabapo ⢠S â¢
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