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Bacolod

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Bacolod (bäkō`lōd, –lōth), city (1990 pop. 364,180), capital of Negros Occidental prov., NW Negros island, the Philippines. It is an important seaport, the shipping and processing center of the country's major sugarcane-producing area. The Univ. of Negros Occidental-Recoletos is there.

Bacolod

City (pop., 2000: 429,076), south-central Philippines. It lies on the Guimaras Strait in the north of the island of Negros, opposite Guimaras Island. It is regarded as the Philippine sugar capital. Its port, to the south, is important for fishing.

Bacolod
a town in the Philippines, on the NW coast of Negros Island. Pop.: 468 000 (2005 est.)
Bacolod 

a city and port in the Philippines, on the island of Negros on the shore of the Guimaras Strait. Administrative center of the province of West Negros. Population, 146,800 (1966). Bacolod is a center of sugar production and export.
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The fire started in the early hours of Monday and spread quickly through a wooden two-storey building in Bacolod City fanned by strong winds.
Deadly fire sweeps Philippine slum by Aljazeera.net
The fire started after midnight Monday and rapidly spread because of strong winds, gutting the wooden two-storey apartment building and more than 60 nearby shanties in Bacolod city, Fire Marshal Pamela Candido said.
16 killed in Philippine slum fire, including kids by Saudi Press Agency (SPA)
Central Philippines: After a fierce battle with last week's storm in central Philippines, a dolphin and a shipwrecked fisherman eventually died as they reached the shore of Bacolod City, in central Philippines, a local government's report said.
Fisherman and rescuer dolphin die together by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
 
 
 
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