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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 794 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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IRIGA , a See also:

town of the See also:province of Ambos Camarines, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on the Bicol See also:river, about 20 M. S.E. of Nueva See also:Caceres and near the S.W. See also:base of Mt. Iriga, a volcanic See also:peak reaching a height of 4092 ft. above the See also:sea. Pop. (1903) 19,297. Iriga has a temperate See also:climate. The See also:soil in its vicinity is See also:rich, producing See also:rice, See also:Indian See also:corn, See also:sugar, See also:pepper, cacao, See also:cotton, See also:abaca, See also:tobacco and See also:copra. The neighbouring forests furnish See also:ebony, molave, tindalo and other very valuable hardwoods. The See also:language is Bicol.

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