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Isabela

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Isabela , province (1990 pop. 1,080,341), NE Luzon, the Philippines. The capital is Ilagan. The fertile Cagayan River valley, which is in the central and eastern part of the province, is a leading tobacco- and cacao-producing region. The rugged Sierra Madre on the east is mineral rich; iron, nickel, and copper deposits, as well as the nation's major manganese mines, are there.

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Isabela , ruins of a town on the north shore of Hispaniola, in the Dominican Republic, at the base of Cape Isabela. Believed to have been founded by Columbus (c.1494), it was one of the first Spanish settlements in the New World.

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Isabela

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Isabela, Luzon/Philippines A province established in 1856 and named after Isabella II (1830–1904), Queen of Spain (1833–68).

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Isabela

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Isabela island, Ecuador: see Galápagos Islands .

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