CALUMPIT
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V05,
Page 69
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
CALUMPIT
, a town of the province of Bulacan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, at the junction of the Quingua river with the Rio Grande de la Pampanga, about 25 m
.
N.W. of Manila
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Pop
.
(1903) 13,897
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It is served by the Manila & Dagupan railway, and the bridge across the Rio Grande is one of the longest in the Philippines
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The surrounding country is a fertile plain, producing large quantities of rice, as well as sugar, Indian corn and a variety of fruits
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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)
and one of the largest markets in the Philippines
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The bridge, 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)
of the town were fired and completely destroyed by insurgent troops in
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1899
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The language is Tagalog
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