Chapter XXVII: Appendix: C

POPULATION, ALTITUDE, MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE AND DEATH-RATE OF PRINCIPAL VENEZUELAN CITIES

(From the _Anuario Estadístico_, 1908, and the data for the military map, 1909)

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|Population.| |Mean Annual |Death Rate
City. | Census of |Altitude,|Temperature,| 1908, per
| 1891. |in Feet. | Degrees | 1,000
| | |Fahrenheit. |Inhabitants.
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(_a_) COAST TOWNS.

Maracaibo | 34,740 | 20 | 86 | 36·5
Barcelona | 14,089 | 43 | 81·5 | 15·8
Puerto Cabello | 13,176 | 10 | 81 | 42·0
Cumaná | 11,471 | 23 | 80·5 | 19·7
Carúpano | 10,897 | 26 | 81 | 25·9
Coro | 10,161 | 53 | 81 | 31·6
La Guaira | 8,512 | 26 | 84·5 | 33·1
La Asunción | 3,160 | 356 | 79 | 27·3

(_b_) CORDILLERAS AND GUAYANA HIGHLANDS.

Carácas | 72,429 | 3,036 | 66·5 | 34·4
Valencia | 54,387 | 1,577 | 80 | 24·5
Barquisimeto | 27,069 | 1,868 | 78 | 35·1
San Cristobal | 16,797 | 2,722 | 70·5 | 19·6
Villa de Cura | 15,792 | 1,835 | 75·5 | 27·6
La Victoria | 14,109 | 1,782 | 74 | 29·6
Mérida | 13,366 | 5,415 | 64·5 | 29·9
Boconó | 13,233 | 4,336 | 65 | 32·9
San Felipe | 10,817 | 808 | 80 | 33·9
Trujillo | 10,481 | 2,640 | 72 | 26·3
Ocumare del Tuy | 7,745 | 693 | 79 | 60·2
Los Teques | 6,916 | 3,864 | 68 | 40·6
Guasipati | 3,052 | ? | 86 | 14·3

(_c_) LLANOS AND ORINOCO VALLEY.

Ciudad Bolivar | 17,535 | 125 | 86·5 | 23·8
Maturín | 15,624 | 244 | 80·5 | 11·7
Aragua de Barcelona | 15,680[12]| 363 | 82 | 21·4
San Carlos | 10,159[12]| 495 | 83 | 47·4
Guanare | 9,051 | 636 | 83·5 | 9·3
Calabozo | 8,159 | 330 | 88·5 | 25·1
San Fernando de Apure | 6,695 | 240 | 91 | 26·8
Barinas | 5,354 | 594 | 82 | 14·2
Tucupita | 823 | ? | ? | ?
San Fernando de Atabapo| 388 | ? | ? | ?
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HEIGHTS OF PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS.

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Range. | Peak. | Height, in
| | Feet.
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Sierra Nevada of Mérida | La Columna | 16,523
| La Concha | 16,087
| La Corona | 15,609
| El Leon | 15,490
| El Toro | 15,490
Cordillera of the Andes | El Salado | 13,949
(outer range) | Los Conejos | 13,761
Cordillera of the Coast | Naiguatá | 9,124
| Silla de Carácas (eastern peak) | 8,702
Interior Range | Turumiquiri | 6,761
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