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See also:

• MIGUEL, MARIA EVARIST (1802–1866)

MIGUEL DE MAYUMO  , a town of the province of Bulacan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, about 40 M . N. of Manila . Pop . (1903) 14,919 . In 1903, after the census' had been taken, San Ildefonso (pop . 5326) was annexed to San Miguel . It has a cool and very healthy climate, and commands a beautiful view of the surrounding country . The soil is very fertile, and many of the inhabitants have acquired much wealth from the cultivation of rice . Sugar-cane, Indian corn and cotton are also produced in abundance, and cattle are raised . Near the town are iron mines and quarries of limestone, and on the neighbouring mountains are forests containing valuable hardwood timber . About 8 m . N.E. are the medicinal springs of Sibul, to which large numbers of patients from the neighbouring provinces come .

The San Miguel

river, which flows near, affords a means of transportation, and the town has considerable commerce . Some beautiful furniture is made out of the hardwood from the mountains, and cotton fabrics are woven in considerable quantities by the women . The principal language is Tagalog . The chief buildings were destroyed in 1901 in a fire started by a band of thieves .