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BAUAN (or BAUN)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 536 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BAUAN (or BAUN)  , a
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town of the
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province of
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Batangas, Luzon, Philippine Islands, at the
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head of Batangas
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Bay, about 54 M . S. of
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Manila . Pop . (1903) 39,094 . A railway to connect the town with Manila was under construction in 1908 .
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Bauan has a
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fine
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church and is known as a
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market for " sinamay " or
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hemp
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cloth, the hemp and
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cotton being imported and dyed and
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woven by the
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women in their homes .
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Palm-fibre mats and hats, fans,
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bamboo baskets and cotton
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fish-nets are woven here . There is excellent fishing in the bay . Hogs and horses are raised for the Manila market . The surrounding
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country is fertile and grows cacao,
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indigo, oranges,
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sugar-
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cane,
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corn and
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rice . The
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language is Tagalog .

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