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abacá Abra agricultural Albay altitude Amburayan amount Apayaos Archipelago army barrios Basilan Batan Batangas bitants Bohol Bolinao Bontoc bounded Bulacan cacao Cagayan capital Capiz Cavite Cebu Celebes sea China Sea church civil governor coast cocoa-nuts coffee commandancia Cottabato cotton Datá Davao dialect district east Ecija exports feet high fertile forests government is military gulf harbor Igorrotes Ilocano Iloilo Indian corn inha Isabela island Jaro judicial Laguna Lake language spoken Lepanto Leyte Luzon Manila Bay miles long Mindanao Mindoro Misamis Mohammedans mountains natives Negritos Negros number of inhabitants Pacific Ocean Pampanga Panay Pangasinan Paragua pesos annually Philippines piña population principal province Quiangan rice river Samar San José Santa Sarangani savage tribes ships Sibuyan situated South Camarines South Ilocos Spanish square miles strait sugar sugar-cane Sulu Sulu sea Surigao Taal Tagalo Tarlac Tawi-tawi Tayabas timber tobacco towns uncivilized Vicol Visaya Vizcaya volcano worthy of mention
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Էջ 25 - They are bounded on the north and west by the China Sea; on the east, by the Pacific Ocean; and on the south, by the Celebes Sea.
Էջ 116 - on the east by the Pacific ocean, on the south by the Celebes sea and on the west by Cottabato
Էջ 59 - province is bounded on the north and west by the China Sea, on the east by
Էջ 117 - on the east by Davao, on the south by the Celebes sea, and on the west by
Էջ 115 - miles from north to south, and 60 miles from east to west.
Էջ 113 - 1,600, all recently founded. The central part of the district, which includes the Handaya mountains, is covered with thick forests containing much valuable timber. Palay, cocoa-nuts, sugar-cane, coffee, cacao, abaca, Indian corn and sweet potatoes are cultivated to a small extent. Spanish
Էջ 110 - almost the whole of the peninsula of Sibuguey and the mountains between Dapitan and the bay of Dumanquilas. They are very numerous. The Mandayas, 30,000 in number^
Էջ 111 - Sámales, who occupy respectively the interior of Basilan and the Sulu Archipelago. According to the last census, the Christian inhabitants of Mindanao number about 208,000. The total number