CALUMPIT
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V05,
Page 69
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
CALUMPIT
, a See also:town of the See also:province of Bulacan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, at the junction of the Quingua See also:river with the Rio Grande de la Pampanga, about 25 m
.
N.W. of See also:Manila
.
Pop
.
(1903) 13,897
.
It is served by the Manila & See also:Dagupan railway, and the See also:bridge across the Rio Grande is one of the longest in the Philippines
.
The surrounding See also:country is a fertile See also:plain, producing large quantities of See also:rice, as well as See also:sugar, See also:Indian See also:corn and a variety of fruits
.
Calumpit has a large rice-See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill and one of the largest markets in the Philippines
.
The bridge, See also:convent and 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 of the town were fired and completely destroyed by insurgent troops in
.
1899
.
The See also:language is Tagalog
.
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