BAUAN (or BAUN)
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V03,
Page 536
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:BAUAN (or BAUN)
, a See also:town of the See also:province of See also:Batangas, Luzon, Philippine Islands, at the See also:head of Batangas See also:Bay, about 54 M
.
S. of See also:Manila
.
Pop
.
(1903) 39,094
.
A railway to connect the town with Manila was under construction in 1908
.
See also:Bauan has a See also:fine See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church and is known as a See also:market for " sinamay " or See also:hemp See also:cloth, the hemp and See also:cotton being imported and dyed and See also:woven by the See also:women in their homes
.
See also:Palm-fibre mats and hats, fans, See also:bamboo baskets and cotton See also:fish-nets are woven here
.
There is
excellent fishing in the bay
.
Hogs and horses are raised for the Manila market
.
The surrounding See also:country is fertile and grows cacao, See also:indigo, oranges, See also:sugar-See also:cane, See also:corn and See also:rice
.
The See also:language is Tagalog
.
End of Article: BAUAN (or BAUN)
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