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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 871 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HUMACAO , a small See also:

city and the See also:capital of a municipal See also:district and See also:department of the same name, in See also:Porto Rico, 46 m. S.E. of See also:San Juan. Pop. (1899) of the city, 4428; and of the municipal district, 14,313. Humacao is attractively situated near the E. See also:coast, 9 m. from the See also:port of Naguabo and a little over 6 m. from its own port of Punta See also:Santiago, with which it is connected by a See also:good road; a railway was under construction in 19o8, and some of the See also:sugar factories of the department are now connected by See also:rail with the port. The department covers the eastern end of the See also:island and includes all the islands off its coast, among which are See also:Culebra and Vieques; the former (pop. in 1899, 704) has two excellent harbours and is used as a U.S. See also:naval station; the latter is 21 M. See also:long by 6 m. wide and in 1899 had a See also:population of nearly 6000. Grazing is the See also:principal See also:industry, but sugar-See also:cane, See also:tobacco and See also:fruit are cultivated. There are valuable forests in the mountainous districts, a See also:part of which has been set aside for preservation under the name of the Luquillo See also:forest reserve. Humacao was incorporated as a city in 1899. It suffered severely in the See also:hurricane of 1898, the damage not having been fully repaired as See also:late as 1906.

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