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COCOA-GROWING COUNTRIES 369 



is known on the market as " Caracas " cocoa, and fetches 

 the highest market prices. 



It is mainly shipped from La Guayra and Puerto 

 Cabello, and in small part from Maracaibo. Often 

 the cocoa shipped from the last-mentioned ports is 

 called "Puerto Cabello" and "Maracaibo." 



The cocoa grown in the eastern part of Venezuela, 

 on the peninsula of Paria round Cariaco, Carupano, 



EmeryWalker so 



FIG. 115. Map showing cocoa-growing areas in Venezuela. 



Kio Caribe, Aragua, Maturin, etc. and along the 

 Orinoco, of which district Ciudad Bolivar forms the 

 centre, is of much inferior quality. This cocoa is 

 generally called " Carupano," and is the produce of the 

 coarser Trinitario (Forastero) varieties. It is mainly 

 shipped from Carupano. 



As a rule, cocoa in Venezuela is not grown at a 

 higher altitude than about 1000 feet, but there are ex- 

 ceptions, as, for instance, in the country round Guigue, 

 where cocoa plantations are situated at an altitude of 



2 B 



