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Costa Rica
This state, the capital of which is San Jose (population 26,000), has an area of 22,000 sq. m., and a population of 213,758, one-half of…
Costa Rica: Cape
Lying between lat. 19° 50' and 23° IO' N., and long. 74° 7' and 84° 58' W., is the island of Cuba, the "Queen of the Antilles," belonging…
Costa Rica: Cuba
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS. - Cuba contains a vast extent of forests, which are so dense as to be almost impenetrable. It has been estimated that…
Measures and Weights (Pik or ell is of two kinds)
The pik or ell is of two kinds; the greater pik, called halebi or archim, used in the measurement of silks and woolens, = 27.90 Imp…