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Title: A pronouncing gazetteer and geographical dictionary of the Philippine Islands, United States of America with maps, charts and illustrations
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs United States. 57th Congress (1st session, 1901-1902) Keim, De B. Randolph (De Benneville Randolph), 1841-1914
Subjects: Philippines -- Description and travel Gazetteers Philippines -- Politics and government 1898-1935
Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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tero to becapable of holding vessel of any size. FromHijo Riv. coast runs nearly S. by E. as far asC. San Agustin. Many anchorages in inden-tations along this shore, but much exposedto swell which sets in with S. winds. dXvAO, or VERGARA (dah-vow, vayr-gah-rah);river of considerable size rising in numerousbranches in dividing range in Misamis, Min-danao, between watersheds of D&vao Gulf onE. and Illana Bay on W. After SE, courseenters Gulf of DAvao N. of Dlvao, capital. capital of district of that name and pueblo, Mindanao, on bay on head of W. arm ofDiivao Gulf, formed by SAmal I. on E., atmouth of river of sanie name. Town wasfounded in 1847. Pop., 3,308. At N. point ofentrance to Riv. Ddvao, lat. 7° 1 30 N.,Ion. 125° 35 1, stands light-house built ofiron, on stone base, with keepers dwellingattached. Height 27 ft. above sea level, andtower from base to base 20 ft., visible 12 m.Regular steamer from Manila, Zamboanga,and Polloc calls. t GAZETTEER OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 498
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494 GAZETTEER OF THE PHIUmNE ISLANDS. DAvAO, MINDANAO. (Diih-vow, meen-rlah-iiow, nat.) Chief town: Ddvao, lat. 7° 1 N., Ion. 125° V E. Area: Mainland, 8,976 sq. m.; islands, 195 sq. m.; total, 9,171 sq. m. Population: 33,668. Race: Malay-Moros. Language: Moro, Visayan, and a number of local dialects. Department of Mindanao: Headquarters, Zamboanga, Mindanao. i Table of distances. From DAvao to— ™- Cutabato, W. by N 94 Manila, NW 610 Manila, via DAvao Gulf, Sarangani and Basilan straits, Sulu Sea, Mindoro Strait, and China Sea 995 Surigao 194 LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES. The unorganized province of Dihao occupies the SE. part of Mindanao. It wasformerly known as Nueva Guipuzcoa, and extends from Mayo Bay, on the PacificOcean, to Campiin Bay, on the Celebes Sea. It is bounded on the N. by Surigao,on the E. by the Pacific Ocean, on the S. by the same and Celebes Sea, and on theNW. and W. by Cotabato and the detached part of Misamis. AREA. It is 145 ni. from N. to S., and 127 m. from E

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