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BAROTAC NUEVO , a See also: town of the province of Iloilo, Panay, Philippine Islands, near the Jalaur See also: river, above its mouth on the S.E. See also: coast, and about 15 M
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N.E. of Iloilo, the capital
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Pop
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(1903) 9904; in 1903 after the census had been taken the neighbouring town of Dumangas (pop
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12,428) was annexed to Barotac Nuevo
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The town lies in a fertile plain and deals in See also: rice, trepang and See also: pina
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Here, in what was formerly Dumangas, are a See also: fine See also: church and convent, built of iron, pressed brick and marble
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Dumangas was destroyed by fire in
See also: June 1900, during a fight with insurgents, but its rebuilding was begun in May 1901
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