The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 24Grolier, 1992 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... province , which stretches westward from the city , down the mountain slopes leading to the Pacific and stopping at the border of the narrow Pacific province of Punta- renas . San José province is an important coffee- growing region ...
... province , which stretches westward from the city , down the mountain slopes leading to the Pacific and stopping at the border of the narrow Pacific province of Punta- renas . San José province is an important coffee- growing region ...
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... provinces , Alberta , Sas- katchewan , and Manitoba , known as the Prairie Provinces . It is part of a northern extension of the Great Plains area that includes the Mid- western states of the United States . The province takes its name ...
... provinces , Alberta , Sas- katchewan , and Manitoba , known as the Prairie Provinces . It is part of a northern extension of the Great Plains area that includes the Mid- western states of the United States . The province takes its name ...
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... Provincial flag : Equal horizontal bars of green above , yellow below , with a prairie lily in the left half and the coat of arms in the upper right . Made a Province : Sept. 1 , 1905 ( with Alberta , as the 8th and 9th provinces ) ...
... Provincial flag : Equal horizontal bars of green above , yellow below , with a prairie lily in the left half and the coat of arms in the upper right . Made a Province : Sept. 1 , 1905 ( with Alberta , as the 8th and 9th provinces ) ...
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