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NARVACAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 243 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NARVACAN  , a See also:

town of the See also:province of Ilocos Sur, Luzon, Philippine Islands, near the See also:coast and on the See also:main road 13 M . S.S.E. of See also:Vigan, the See also:capital . Pop . (1903) 19,575 . It lies in a level valley surrounded by mountains, and has a cool and healthy See also:climate . The See also:soil, both in the valley and on the neighbouring See also:mountain-sides, is very fertile, and produces See also:rice, vegetables, See also:Indian See also:corn, See also:indigo, See also:cotton, See also:tobacco, maguey and See also:sugar-See also:cane . Cotton fabrics are See also:woven by the See also:women and sold to the mountain tribes . The See also:language of the town is Ilocano .

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