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