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CALBAYOG

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 968 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALBAYOG  , a

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town of the province of Samar, Philippine Islands, on the W. coast at the mouth of the Calbayog
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river, about 30 M . N.W. of Catbalogan, the capital, in
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lat . 12° 3' N . Pop . (1903) 15,895 . Calbayog has an important export trade in hemp, which is shipped to
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Manila . Copra is also produced in considerable quantity, and there is
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fine
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timber in the vicinity . There are hot springs near the town . The neighbouring valleys of the Gandara and Hippatan rivers are exceedingly fertile, but in 1908 were uncultivated . The
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climate is very warm, but healthy . The language is Visayan .

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