Excerpt from A Pronouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippine Islands, United States of America, With Maps, Charts, and Illustrations: Also the Law of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands Passed by Congress and Approved by the President July 1, 1902 The encyclopedic features have reference only to information of a practical nature associated with the places described. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.