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ISSN 0889-2741 SIXTH EDITION A Compilation of Current Information on Cultural, Geographic, and Political Conditions in the Countries and Cities of Six Continents, Based on the Department of State’s “Post Reports” In Four Volumes Volume 2: The Western Hemisphere (exclusive of the United States) Cumulative Index Volumes 1-4 CITIES OF THE WORLD SIXTH EDITION Karen Ellicott, Editor Project Editor Kathleen Droste Permissions Lori Hines © 2002 by Gale. Gale is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Gale and Design™ and Thomson Learning™ are trademarks used herein under license. For more information contact The Gale Group, Inc. 27500 Drake Rd. Farmington Hills, MI 48331–3535 Or you can visit our Internet site at http://www.gale.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution, or information storage retrieval systems—without the written permission of the publisher. Imaging and Multimedia Dean Dauphinais, Leitha Etheridge-Sims, Dave Oblender, Robert Duncan, Lezlie Light Manufacturing Nekita McKee This publication is a creative work fully protected by all applicable copyright laws, as well as by misappropriation, trade, secret, unfair competition, and other applicable laws. The authors and editors of this work have added value to the underlying factual material herein through one or more of the following: unique and original selection, coordination, expression, arrangement, and classification of the information. For permission to use material from this product, submit your request via Web at http:// www.gale-edit.com/permissions or you may download our Permissions Request form and submit your request by fax or