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Silay
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town of the province of Negros Occidental, island of Negros, Philippine Islands, on the N.W. coast, about ro m. N. of Bacolod, the capital of the province. Pop. (1903, after the annexation of Guimbalon and a portion of Eustaquio Lopez) 22,000. There are more than fifty barrios or villages in the town and the largest of these had, in 1903, 3 8 34 inhabitants. The language is Visayan. There is a considerable coasting trade, sugar, brought by a tramway from neighbouring towns, is shipped from here, and the cultivation of sugar-cane is an important industry; Indian corn, tobacco, hemp, cotton and cacao are also grown.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Silay'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/silay.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Silay'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/silay.html. 1910.
