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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 739 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LIPA , a See also:

town of the See also:province of See also:Batangas, Luzon, Philippine Islands, about 90 M. S. by E. of See also:Manila. Pop. (1903) 37,934. Lipa is on high ground at the intersection of old military roads, is noted for its cool and healthy See also:climate, and is one of the largest and wealthiest inland towns of the See also:archipelago. Many of its houses have two storeys above the ground-See also:floor, and its See also:church and See also:convent together See also:form a very large See also:building. The surrounding See also:country is very fertile, producing See also:sugar-See also:cane, See also:Indian See also:corn, cacao, See also:tobacco and See also:indigo. The cultivation of See also:coffee was begun here on a large See also:scale about the See also:middle of the 19th See also:century and was increased gradually until 1889–1890 when an See also:insect pest destroyed the trees. The See also:language of Lipa is Tagalog.

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