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SANTA BARBARA

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 185 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SANTA See also:BARBARA , a See also:town of Iloilo See also:province, See also:island of Panay, Philippine Islands, on the S.E. See also:coast, on the Jalaur See also:river, a few See also:miles N. of Iloilo, the See also:capital of the province. Pop. (1go3), after the See also:annexation of Zarraga, See also:Lucena, See also:Pavia and Leganes, 37,621; subsequently Pavia (pop. in 1903, 5700) was annexed to See also:Jaro. There are 87 barrios or villages in the town, only three of these had a See also:population in 1903 exceeding r000. The See also:language is Visayan. The See also:principal See also:industries are the cultivation of See also:sugar See also:cane, See also:Indian See also:corn, See also:rice, cacao, coco-See also:nut See also:palm and See also:tobacco, and the raising of See also:cattle.

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