CAPIZ
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V05,
Page 285
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
CAPIZ
, a town and the capital of the province of Capiz, Panay, Philippine Islands, on the Capiz or Panay river, about 4 M. from its mouth on the N. coast
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Pop
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(19o3) 18,525
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Capiz has a large and beautiful Roman Catholic 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 See also: - STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
), a Protestant church (with a hospital) and good government buildings, and is the seat of the provincial high school
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Alcohol of a superior quality is manufactured in large quantities from the fermented juice of the nipa palm, which grows plentifully in the neighbouring swamps
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Fishing and the weaving of fabrics of cotton, hemp and pineapple fibre are important industries
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Rice and sugar are raised in abundance
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