The Philippine Island World: A Physical, Cultural, and Regional Geography

abaca acres agricultural Agusan approximately archipelago areas Batan Batangas Bicol Bohol Bukidnon Cagayan Valley Cebu census central Luzon Central Plain central Visayan century climatic coast coastal coconut commercial copra Cordillera corn Cotabato crop cultivation cultural Davao Davao Gulf early eastern economic export farms feet Filipino fish forest Gulf highlands Ilocos Iloilo important industry interior interisland Laguna Laguna de Bay Lanao Lanao del Norte land Leyte located lowlands major Manila manufacturing Marinduque Masbate Mindoro Misamis Moslem mountain municipalities Negros Norte northern Luzon northern Mindanao operations Palawan Panay Pangasinan patterns Peninsula percent Philippines plant poblacion population port precipitation production Province Quezon region relatively rice River Romblon Samar season sector settlement significant soils southern southwestern Luzon Spanish square miles sugar sugarcane Sulu tion tobacco towns trade transportation tropical upland urban volcanic western Zambales Zamboanga Zamboanga del Sur