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Negros , 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.

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Negros, Philippines An island in the Visayan group meaning ‘Black’, a reference to the colour of its inhabitants.

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	LOS CARIBES NEGROS: Bastión de la libertad.(isla de San Vicente)(TT: The black Caribbeans: bastion of freedom.)(TA: San Vicente Island) Magazine article from: Américas (Spanish Edition); 5/1/1999
	Sudafrica: del apartheid al infierno: cuando derogaron las leyes de discriminacion racial y permitieron votar libremente a los negros, los blancos sudafricanos creyeron que la pesadilla terminaba. Estaban equivocados.(alta criminalidad y violencia) Magazine article from: Contenido; 6/1/2002
	Los negros mascogos, ESTADUNIDENSES QUE LUCHARON POR MÉXICO.(TT: The negroes mascogos, Americans who fought for Mexico.) Magazine article from: Contenido; 1/1/1998

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