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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Loon
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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the largest town of the province of Bohol, island of Bohol, Philippine Islands, on the extreme W. coast. Pop. (1903) 18,114. Loon is picturesquely situated on the W. slope of a hill, and is reached from the sea by steps cut in the rocks. The harbour is in a sheltered bay on the N. side of the town. The cultivation of coco-nuts, coffee, cocoa, maguey, tobacco, cotton and Indian corn, and the raising of livestock are the principal industries; there is also considerable commerce and some manufacturing. The language is chiefly Bohol-Visayan.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Loon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/loon.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Loon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/loon.html. 1910.
