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IRIGA

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 794 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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IRIGA  , a

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town of the province of Ambos Camarines, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on the Bicol
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river, about 20 M . S.E. of Nueva
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Caceres and near the S.W.
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base of Mt . Iriga, a volcanic
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peak reaching a height of 4092 ft. above the sea . Pop . (1903) 19,297 . Iriga has a temperate
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climate . The
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soil in its vicinity is rich, producing rice,
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Indian corn,
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sugar, pepper, cacao, cotton, abaca,
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tobacco and copra . The neighbouring forests furnish ebony, molave, tindalo and other very valuable hardwoods . The language is Bicol .

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