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LO6N

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 989 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LO6N  , the largest

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town of the province of Bohol, island of Bohol, Philippine Islands, on the extreme W. coast . Pop . (1903) 18,114 . Loon is picturesquely situated on the W. slope of a hill, and is reached from the sea by steps cut in the rocks . The harbour is in a sheltered
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bay on the N. side of the town . The cultivation of coco-nuts, coffee,
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cocoa, maguey,
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tobacco, cotton and
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Indian corn, and the raising of livestock are the
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principal
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industries; there is also considerable commerce and some manufacturing . The language is chiefly Bohol-Visayan .

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