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Negros (nā`grōs), island (1990 pop. 3,182,252), 4,905 sq mi (12,704 sq km), one of the Visayan Islands, 4th largest of the Philippines, between Panay and Cebu. Although mountainous (Mt. Canloan, a volcano, rises to c.8,088 ft/2,465 m), Negros has extensive arable lowlands; they are intensively cultivated and densely populated. Negros is the sugar center of the Philippines. Two thirds of the nation's sugarcane is grown there, and sugar processing is a major industry; paper products are made from sugarcane residue. Rice, coconuts, bananas, and corn are also grown. The island has a lumber industry and copper and coal deposits. NegrosIsland (pop., 2000: 3,691,784) in the Visayan group, central Philippines. It is the fourth largest island of the archipelago and is shaped like a boot. The island is about 135 mi (217 km) long and has an area of 4,907 sq mi (12,710 sq km). It produces about half of all Philippine sugar and is one of the wealthiest and most politically influential regions in the country. Bacolod, on the northwestern coast, is its largest city and an important sugar exporter. Negros an island of the central Philippines, one of the Visayan Islands. Capital: Bacolod. Pop.: 3 168 000 (1990 est.). Area: 12 704 sq. km (4904 sq. miles) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Davis notes that Larsen's scandal falls into a period among black writers in which "some of the New Negros were becoming hostile to their fellow artists" (346). For the coffee-growing paulista West, Cleber da Silva Maciel's Discriminacoes raciais: negros em Campinas (1888-1926) (Campinas, 1997) is an inventory of newspaper articles about blacks, providing little analysis, but it does demonstrate flagrant racism among white elites and raises important issues, such as black participation in the police, that other researchers could pursue. FRIJOLES NEGROS (BLACK BEANS) (Serves 6) Though cooking Cuban black beans might seem like a gimme, I rarely have had a version as good as my mother's. |
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