The New International Encyclopædia/Dumaguete

DUMAGUETE, do͞o′mȧ-gā′tā̇. The capital of the Province of Eastern Negros, on the island of Negros, Philippines (Map: Philippine Islands, H 10). It is situated in a flat region on the southeastern coast of the island. The chief industry is the gathering of turtle-shells. Population, in 1898, 13,584.