词条 | Canlaon |
释义 | Canlaon Philippines chartered city, central Negros island, Philippines. The former municipality, made a city in 1961, is named for Mount Canlaon (Canlaon, Mount) (8,071 feet 【2,460 m】), the volcano beneath whose eastern slopes it lies. A national park was established there in 1934, with an area of 95 square miles (245 square km); the volcano's deposits created the fertile soil of the surrounding sugarcane country. Canlaon is connected by road with the east-coastal and the west-coastal highways of Negros island. Inc. city, 1961. Pop. (2000) 46,548. |
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