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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

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

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