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	Luzon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Luzon as an island group includes the island of Luzon itself, plus the Batanes and Babuyan groups of islands to the north, and the main and outlying islands of Catanduanes, Marinduque, Masbate, Romblon, and Mindoro in the south.
		To the west of Luzon island is the South China Sea (Luzon Sea in Philippine territorial waters), to the east is the Philippine Sea, and to the north is Luzon Strait containing Babuyan Channel and Balintang Channel.
		To the east of the Cordillera Central is the large Cagayan Valley, which serves as the basin for the Cagayan River, the longest river in the Philippines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Luzon (1702 words)

	Wikinfo \| Luzon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Luzon refers to the largest and most important island in the Philippines and to one of the three island groups in the country, with Visayas and Mindanao being the other two.
		To the west of Luzon island is the South China Sea, to the east is the Philippine Sea, and to the north is Luzon Strait.
		The island group of Luzon encompasses Luzon island itself, plus the Batanes and Babuyan groups of islands to the north, and the islands of Catanduanes, Marinduque, Masbate, Romblon, Mindoro, and Palawan in the south.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Luzon (1423 words)

	Luzon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Luzon has important lumbering and mining industries; there are gold, chromite, nickel, copper, and iron deposits, and the bamboo on Bataan peninsula has many commercial uses.
		Luzon was recovered (1945) after a major landing from Lingayen Gulf (January), a bloody fight for Manila (February), and protracted mop-up operations, which were not completed until June.
		Luzon’s several U.S. military bases were closed down between 1971 and 1992, in part because of the devastation caused by Mt. Pinatubo’s eruption; the one at Subic Bay was successfully converted to a free-trade zone.
	www.bartleby.com /65/lu/Luzon.html (552 words)

	Central Luzon, Region III, Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bataan is in the Central Luzon Region of the Philippine Republic, occupying a peninsula that forms the northern enclosure of Manila Bay.
		Its population is 1,614,000 by the 2000 census in twenty-nine towns and three cities, Palayan (the capital) with 31,000 inhabitants, San José with 107,000, and Cabanatuan (always spelled with a C except on its flag) with 218,000.
		Central Luzon State University in Munoz and several other research institutions assist in agricultural development; the province apparently does not aspire to industry except as adjuncts to agriculture (food processing, for example).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ph-iii.html (1444 words)

	IV. Data and Surveys
		Central Luzon is one of only three regions that posted an annual family income higher than the national average of 98,811 pesos (NSCB, 2002).
		Central Luzon is a top producer of broilers as well, with an annual average output of 259.1 thousand metric tons from 1996 to 2000, accounting for 28 percent of national broiler production (BAS, 2002).
		Batangas is one of the 11 provinces of Southern Luzon.
	www.fao.org /WAIRDOCS/LEAD/X6170E/x6170e1r.htm (7092 words)

	Luzon -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Luzon (meaning “big light”) represents 35 percent of the land area of the Philippines, and its greatest dimensions are 460 by 140 miles (740 by 225 km).
		Formerly the capital of the province, it is the commercial centre for the eastern portion of Luzon's central plain, which is heavily farmed in rice.
		The population of the Philippines is unevenly distributed, with major concentrations on the Central Plain and the Ilocos coast of Luzon, and on the Visayan islands of Cebu, Negros, Panay, and Bohol.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9049466 (1011 words)

	CENTRAL LUZON GROWS THE 'GREENEST RICE'
		But despite the steep decline in insecticide use, IRRI director general Ronald P. Cantrell said Central Luzon farmers were able to increase their rice yields over the same period, from an average of 2.75 tons to close to 3.25 tons per hectare by 2002.
		According to IRRI, insecticide use in Central Luzon, which peaked in the mid-1980s, was now at an "historic low, though some farmers still use insecticides as a last resort to prevent serious crop loss." The research also showed that herbicide use peaked in the early 1990s and has slowly declined since then.
		Central Luzon is composed of the provinces of Pampanga, Bulacan, Tarlac, Bataan, Zambales and Nueva Ecija.
	www.newsflash.org /2003/05/si/si001549.htm (544 words)

	Central Luzon Cluster on Spotlight
		It was recognized as a significant venue in identifying and in prioritizing the concerns of PMP Central Luzon.
		As a follow-up and in concretizing the responses for the above-identified agenda for Central Luzon, an activity entitled "IP Proposal Write-shop" was conducted on March 4-5, 2004.
		In Central Luzon we are luckier that some other clusters do not experience huge problems whenever we have cluster meetings, the roads and transport connections are good and neither do we have to face the possibility of encountering armed conflict.
	www.preda.org /archives/2004/r04050001.html (916 words)

	Ethnologue: Philippines
		Central Cagayan Agta and Tanglagan have 51% lexical similarity; Yaga and Central Cagayan Agta are 63% intelligible, 66% lexically similar; Yaga has 70% comprehension of Ilocano.
		Bilingual in Central Bicolano, 85% comprehension; Tagalog 85%; Northern Catanduanes 91%.
		ITNEG, INLAOD [ITI] Northern Luzon, southwest of Binongan Itneg, northwest of Masadiit Itneg.
	www.christusrex.org /www3/ethno/Phil.html (5714 words)

	Central Luzon
		Central Luzon is one of the leading growth regions in the Philippines.
		Only 66 kilometers away from Metro Manila, Central Luzon is the gateway to the Northern Luzon regions.
		Central Luzon aside from it's productivity, it is also a couldron of plants which solely growing in the Philippines.
	arjay55.tripod.com (158 words)

	Central Luzon Region - PIA
		San Fernando, Pampanga (12 Sept.) -- Central Luzon's population growth rate is one of five regions in the Philippines that surpassed the national growth rate of 2.36 percent.
		Not included in the 2000 population of Central Luzon is Aurora, because the province was annexed to Region III only in 2002 and used to be part of Southern Tagalog Region.
		Aside from Central Luzon, the other regions that have surpassed the 2.36 percent national population growth rate are: Region IV, 3.72 percent; Region VII, 2.79 percent; Region XI, 2.60 percent; and the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao, 3.86 percent.
	www.pia.gov.ph /pampanga.htm (4743 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description
		Tarlac is the most multicultural of the Central Luzon provinces.
		The province is situated at the center of the Central Plains of Luzon, landlocked by four provinces: Nueva Ecija on the east, Pangasinan on the north, Pampanga o the south, and Zambales on the west.
		Like the rest of Central Luzon, the province has two distinct seasons: dry from November to April and wet for the rest of the year.
	www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=13 (334 words)

	Sun.Star Network Online - Central Luzon officials, traders buck toll hike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		SAN FERNANDO -- Elected officials and business leaders in Central Luzon are against the proposal to increase by 600 to 700 percent the toll schedule at the 83.7-kilometer North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) effective December.
		Bondoc said she met with the 24 members of the Central Luzon Congressional Bloc in Congress last Monday and they decided to initiate an investigation into the planned toll increases.
		Romy P. Yusi Sr., regional governor for Central Luzon of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), said the proposed toll increases are too steep that the public.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/net/2004/08/18/central.luzon.officials.traders.buck.toll.hike.html (422 words)

	Languagelinks.org \| The Languages of the Philippines
		Ilokano and Tagalog are the lingua franca in Luzon; and Cebuano in the Visayas and Mindanao.
		The Northern Luzon subgroup is composed of Southern Cordilleran, Ilokano, and South-Central Cordilleran; The second subgroup is composed of Bashic, Central Luzon, and Norhtern Minodoro languages.
		Central Luzon: (a) Sinauna; (b) Sambalic --Ayta (Abenlen, Ambala, Bataan Sambal, Mag-anchi Sambal, Mag-indi/Baloga, Bolinao Sambal, Botolan Sambal, Tina Sambal); (c) Kapampangan
	www.languagelinks.org /onlinepapers/fil_lang.html (570 words)

	CENTRAL LUZON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is the longest contiguous area of lowlands, and is otherwise known as the Central Plains of Luzon.
		The participation rate of Central Luzon is 94.2% and 86.1%, respectively, as compared to the national average of 85.7% and 66.1% in SY 1992- 93.
		Central Luzon is well provided with communication facilities.
	www.evis.net.ph /subregions/subregion3.htm (659 words)

	The Hukbalahap Insurrection: The Insurrection- Phase I (1946-1950)
		The two returned immediately to central Luzon and began to plan the Democratic Alliance's campaign for the November election but never fully regained absolute control of the political organization.
		Luzon, with the country's highest rate of landtenancy, provided an ideal recruiting ground for the movement.
		For example, in 1948 a full 75 percent of Luzon's population were peasants and, for these people, the postwar government had done little to mitigate their plight.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/coldwar/huk/ch4.htm (9173 words)

	IRRI - International Rice Research Institute
		The research revealed that insecticide use by farmers in central Luzon peaked in the mid-1980s and is now at an historic low, though some farmers still use insecticides as a last resort to prevent serious crop loss.
		Central Luzon remains one of the region’s cleanest rice bowls.
		PhilRice researchers say one of the key factors continuing to influence Philippine farmers is the return of fish, frogs and edible snails to their farms, confirming the positive environmental impact of IPM strategies.
	www.irri.org /media/press/press.asp?id=58 (1034 words)

	Cynthia Banzon Bautista
		Since its major eruptions of June 12-15, 1991, Mount Pinatubo has changed the landscape of central Luzon, uprooted thousands of residents from their homes and means of livelihood, and affected the agenda not only of the local, regional, and national governments but also of nongovernment organizations.
		For purposes of accuracy in assessing the social and psychological impact of Mount Pinatubo on the population, the effects of the volcanic eruption are discussed separately from the effects of lahars and floods.
		However, the uncertainty over the landscape of central Luzon in the next few years and the sluggish nature of overall Philippine economy has, to date, prevented investors from risking their fortunes in these centers.
	pubs.usgs.gov /pinatubo/cbautist (6840 words)

	Sun.Star Network Online - Central Luzon, Tarlac cops relieved over farm clash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Arroyo's instruction came in the heels of Tuesday's bloody dispersal of 6,000 striking workers of the Central Azucarera de Tarlac, a sugar refinery owned by the family of former President Corazon C. Aquino.
		Aglipay, in response, relieved and reassigned Chief Supt. Quirino dela Torre, Police Regional Office-Central Luzon chief, and Sr.
		She appealed to workers and management of Central Azucarera to exercise "prudence and sobriety".
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/net/2004/11/18/central.luzon.tarlac.cops.relieved.over.farm.clash.html (739 words)

	The Philippines
		Central Luzon is known as the "rice bin of the Philippines." Because of heavy rainfall and the fact that more than four rivers come together in this area, the soil is very fertile in this lowland plain.
		This Central Plain area has a dry season and a rainy season so that, until recently, even through crops were only grown in the six-month wet season, the area still produced a rice surplus.
		The "rice bin of the Philippines" is in Central Luzon.
	www.hawaii.edu /cseas/pubs/philippines/philippines.html (7168 words)

	Global Nation \| INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		CLARK SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE--Some 200 leaders in the tourism industry in Central Luzon met here on Thursday to discuss ways to get a larger share of Japanese, Korean and Chinese tourists in the region.
		Central Luzon's tourism sector is looking more to these markets as the region's share of tourists rose from 3 percent in 2000 to an average of 17 percent between 2001 and 2004, according to Philip Camara, private sector representative for tourism in the regional development council.
		Economic planners said Central Luzon's tourism industry improved as visitors shifted to Central and Northern Luzon due to the unstable peace and order situation in Mindanao, and as seven airlines mounted low-cost local and international flights from Clark and the Subic Bay Freeport.
	www.inq7.net /globalnation/sec_phe/2005/aug/17-01.htm (447 words)

	The Jungle Air Force - Air Force Magazine Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Admittedly anticipating that the battle of Luzon would prove decisive in the outcome of the Pacific war, Jap military leaders had planned an elaborate defense long before the Allied landing on Leyte.
		The Japanese Command was forced to shift ground forces from strategic positions in central and northern Luzon to reinforce garrisons in the Batangas area south of Manila, to prepare for a possible follow-up landing in southern Luzon.
		The wily Yamashita apparently had decided that the Luzon invasion would come in the north, in the Lingayen area--but he was too late.
	www.enter.net /~rocketeer/13thaf_0645.html (887 words)

	Luzon on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Luzon's several U.S. military bases were closed down between 1971 and 1992, in part because of the devastation caused by Mt. Pinatubo 's eruption; the one at Subic Bay was successfully converted to a free-trade zone.
		Luzon Minerals Ltd.: Successful Technical Visit by Financiers to the Company's Bolivian Properties.
		Luzon Minerals Ltd.: Amayapampa Option Exercised-Socio-Economic Agreement Signed.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/luzon_history.asp (922 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		One Central Luzon town alone, Lubao in Pampanga, has turned out two presidents, the father of modem journalism (Jose Luna Castro), the world-class pianist Cecille Licad, the literary great Bienvenido Santos and the movie great Rogelio de la Rosa, Isabel Arrastia-Preysler, the famous international beauty and ex-wife of Julio Iglesias, has Lubao roots.
		Central Luzon, according to Diaz, has three major endowments infrastructure, strategic location and its highly-skilled and highly-educated human resource.
		Even without its sophisticated infrastructure and strong agricultural, Diaz says, Central Luzon remains a region to reckon with, because of its highly-skilled, highly-educated and highly-motivated people.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=25715 (1591 words)

	Luzon
		By 31 May, all of southern Luzon was cleared of major enemy units, and on 15 June the XIV Corps was relieved of tactical responsibility in southern Luzon and transferred north.
		Despite the hard fighting in Manila, the Bataan Peninsula, and throughout southern Luzon, the main Japanese force was in the northern part of the island.
		In the east rose the Sierra Madre mountain range, to the west the impressive hills of the Cordillera Central, and at the northern edge of the triangle, the Babuyan channel.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/luzon/72-28.htm (8421 words)

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