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869:Subdivision
731:Residential
668:Retail park
531:23 December
319:Philippines
312:Philippines
294:Philippines
270:leading to
149:for use by
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73:communities
1497:Categories
1101:Playground
1000:Skyscraper
754:City block
698:Industrial
673:Riverfront
618:Commercial
432:References
272:monotenure
161:Definition
1414:Pollution
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915:Municipal
804:McMansion
346:barangays
286:and even
1518:Land use
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1339:Property
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182:testator
135:Coolidge
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317:In the
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304:Baliwag
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53:develop
1131:Zoning
890:Campus
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352:Canada
234:Dublin
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