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SAN MIGUEL DE MAYUMO

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 154 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SAN

SAN See also:
MIGUEL, MARIA EVARIST (1802–1866)
MIGUEL DE MAYUMO , a See also:

TOWN

town of the See also:

province of Bulacan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, about 40 M. N. of See also:

MANILA

Manila. Pop. (1903) 14,919. In 1903, after the See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census' had been taken, San Ildefonso (pop. 5326) was annexed to San Miguel. It has a cool and very healthy See also:

CLIMATE

climate, and commands a beautiful view of the surrounding See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. The See also:

SOIL

soil is very fertile, and many of the inhabitants have acquired much See also:

WEALTH

wealth from the cultivation of See also:

rice. See also:

SUGAR

Sugar-See also:

CANE

cane, See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

corn and See also:

cotton are also produced in abundance, and See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle are raised. Near the town are See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron mines and quarries of See also:

LIMESTONE

limestone, and on the neighbouring mountains are forests containing valuable hardwood See also:

TIMBER

timber. About 8 m. N.E. are the medicinal springs of Sibul, to which large See also:

numbers of patients from the neighbouring provinces come.

The San Miguel See also:

RIVER

river, which flows near, affords a means of transportation, and the town has considerable See also:

commerce. Some beautiful See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture is made out of the hardwood from the mountains, and cotton fabrics are See also:

WOVEN

woven in considerable quantities by the See also:

WOMEN

women. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language is Tagalog. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief buildings were destroyed in 1901 in a See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire started by a See also:

BAND

band of thieves.

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