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2138489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color%20TV-Game | Color TV-Game | Color TV Game Block Kuzushi was released on April 23, 1979, at ¥13,500. The system was produced by Nintendo, allowing its name to be prominently displayed. Block Kuzushi includes six variations of Breakout, an arcade game released in America by Atari. Nintendo released a clone of Breakout titled Block Fever for Japanes... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2138497 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vologda%20%28river%29 | Vologda (river) | The Vologda () is a river in Sheksninsky and Vologodsky Districts of Vologda Oblast as well as in the city of Vologda in Russia. A right-tributary of the Sukhona, it is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributary is the Toshnya (right). The river takes its name from the city of Vologda, which is located ... | 2.34375 | 0 |
2138501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-molecular-weight%20polyethylene | Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene | UHMWPE fibers branded as Dyneema, commercialized in the late 1970s by the Dutch chemical company DSM, and as Spectra, commercialized by Honeywell (then AlliedSignal), are widely used in ballistic protection, defense applications, and increasingly in medical devices, sailing, hiking equipment, climbing, and many other i... | 2.3125 | 0 |
2138501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-molecular-weight%20polyethylene | Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene | The simple structure of the molecule also gives rise to surface and chemical properties that are rare in high-performance polymers. For example, the polar groups in most polymers easily bond to water. Because olefins have no such groups, UHMWPE does not absorb water readily, nor wet easily, which makes bonding it to ot... | 2.453125 | 0 |
2138501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-molecular-weight%20polyethylene | Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene | In climbing, cord and webbing made of combinations of UHMWPE and nylon yarn have gained popularity for their low weight and bulk. They exhibit very low elasticity compared to their nylon counterparts, which translates to low toughness. The fiber's very high lubricity causes poor knot-holding ability, and it is mostly u... | 2.375 | 0 |
2138501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-molecular-weight%20polyethylene | Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene | Dyneema composite fabric (DCF) is a laminated material consisting of a grid of Dyneema threads sandwiched between two thin transparent polyester membranes. This material is very strong for its weight, and was originally developed for use in racing yacht sails under the name 'Cuben Fiber'. More recently it has found new... | 2.03125 | 0 |
2138501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-molecular-weight%20polyethylene | Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene | Medical
UHMWPE has a clinical history as a biomaterial for use in hip, knee, and (since the 1980s), for spine implants. An online repository of information and review articles related to medical grade UHMWPE, known as the UHMWPE Lexicon, was started online in 2000.
Joint replacement components have historically been m... | 2.03125 | 0 |
2138502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsturm | Landsturm | In February 1808, Russia invaded Swedish Finland and on 14 March Denmark-Norway declared war on Sweden, starting the Finnish War. On the very same day of the Danish declaration of war, Gustav IV Adolf, the Swedish king, issue a decree that ordered the formation of a new military unit, called Lantvärnet, which is the Sw... | 2.671875 | 0 |
2138527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Book%20of%20the%20Short%20Sun | The Book of the Short Sun | The Book of the Short Sun (1999–2001) is a series of three science fantasy novels or one three-volume novel by the American author Gene Wolfe. It continues The Book of the Long Sun (1993–1996): they share a narrator and Short Sun recounts a search for Silk, the Long Sun hero. The two works are set in the same universe ... | 1.921875 | 0 |
2138527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Book%20of%20the%20Short%20Sun | The Book of the Short Sun | Blue, where most of the story is set, is an Earthlike world with vast oceans. Its previous inhabitants, an eight-limbed race variously called "The Neighbors" or the "Vanished People", abandoned the planet in the distant past, leaving only ruins, though they are still spotted on occasion. Widely separated cities have sp... | 1.976563 | 0 |
2138545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel%20Borup-J%C3%B8rgensen | Axel Borup-Jørgensen | Axel Borup-Jørgensen (22 November 1924 – 15 October 2012) was a Danish composer. He was born in Hjørring in Denmark, but grew up in Sweden. He died in Birkerød.
He studied piano at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. As a composer, apart from studies in instrumentation with Poul Schierbeck and Jørgen Jers... | 2.25 | 0 |
2138561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional%20research | Institutional research | Becoming an Institutional Researcher
Due to the need to provide data to the federal government and other entities, nearly every post-secondary institution has offices that fulfill the institutional research function. At some colleges and universities this function is centralized in a single office of institutional res... | 1.90625 | 0 |
2138595 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MidSun%20Junior%20High%20School | MidSun Junior High School | MidSun Junior High School is a Canadian middle school teaching grades seven through nine for the communities of Midnapore, Chaparral and Sundance, in Calgary, Alberta. It is part of the public Calgary Board of Education. When opened in 1998 it was designed with a capacity of 750 students, and quickly gained enrollmen... | 2.640625 | 0 |
2138600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustaf%20Ljunggren%20%28academician%29 | Gustaf Ljunggren (academician) | Gustaf Håkan Jordan Ljunggren (6 March 1823 – 13 August 1905), Swedish man of letters, was born at Lund, the son of a clergyman. He was educated at Lund University, where he was professor of German (1850-1859), of aesthetics (1859-1889) and rector (1875-1885). He had been a member of the Swedish Academy for twenty year... | 1.984375 | 0 |
2138603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20and%20Hemlock | Fire and Hemlock | Fire and Hemlock is a modern fantasy by British author Diana Wynne Jones, based largely on the Anglo-Scottish Border ballads "Tam Lin" and "Thomas the Rhymer".
It was first published in 1984 in the United States by Greenwillow Books then in 1985 in Great Britain by Methuen Children's Books It has been republished seve... | 1.9375 | 0 |
2138603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20and%20Hemlock | Fire and Hemlock | Characters
Polly Whittacker is the main protagonist.
Thomas Lynn who shares a special relationship with Polly, and whom Polly must rescue from Laurel.
Granny is Polly's paternal grandmother whom Polly goes to live with at the age of ten.
Laurel is the antagonist, or the "Queen of the Faeries" in this retelling.
Ivy is ... | 2.421875 | 0 |
2138620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%20Landau%20%28journalist%29 | Jacob Landau (journalist) | Jacob Charles "Jack" Landau (April 10, 1934 – August 9, 2008) was an American journalist, attorney, government official, and free-speech activist. He was the founding first executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
Biography
Jack Landau was born to Jacob and Florence Landau (formerly Flor... | 2.46875 | 0 |
2138622 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molybdenum%20hexacarbonyl | Molybdenum hexacarbonyl | Molybdenum hexacarbonyl (also called molybdenum carbonyl) is the chemical compound with the formula Mo(CO)6. This colorless solid, like its chromium, tungsten, and seaborgium analogues, is noteworthy as a volatile, air-stable derivative of a metal in its zero oxidation state.
Structure and properties
Mo(CO)6 adopts an... | 2.25 | 0 |
2138629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Elgie | Robert Elgie | Despite serving and supporting the Tories for much of his life, Elgie's left leaning ideologies led him away from the conservative party later in his life. During the Mike Harris government of the 1990s, Elgie complained that the Ontario Progressive Conservatives had become too right-wing.
Elgie was named to the Order... | 2.09375 | 0 |
2138631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calintaan | Calintaan | Calintaan, officially the Municipality of Calintaan (), is a municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 30,190 people.
History
Spanish colonial era
Ililin is the first village mentioned in the history of Calintaan; this village is now believ... | 2.171875 | 0 |
2138631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calintaan | Calintaan | Post-War
Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro were formalized as provinces after the war on November 15, 1950. The population of Mindoro boomed as residents arrived from elsewhere, and the forests were cut from surrounding areas. Communal irrigation systems were built for ricefields. The indigenous Tau-Buhid or Ba... | 2.671875 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad (colloquially referred to as the W&OD) was an intrastate short-line railroad located in Northern Virginia, United States. The railroad was a successor to the bankrupt Washington and Old Dominion Railway and to several earlier railroads, the first of which began operating in 1859... | 2.203125 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | The W&OD was one of the major commercial and transportation corridors of the northern Virginia area from the mid-nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century. Though it never reached the Shenandoah Valley or the West Virginia coal country, or allowed Alexandria to compete with Baltimore for western trade as env... | 2.71875 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | In 1853 the charter of the A&HF was amended to change the name to the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire (AL&H) Railroad and change the route to pass as close as possible to Leesburg, then through Clarke's Gap and into the Blue Ridge Mountains through the Bloomery Gap of Cacapon to Paddytown in what is now West Virginia... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | The expense of expansion, the Panic of 1873 and the burden of debt took their toll and in 1878, the Washington and Ohio went into receivership. It was acquired by new owners in 1882 and they changed the name to the Washington and Western Railroad, but it only lasted a year before defaulting on their debt. It was sold a... | 2.546875 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | From that time onward, W&OD trains crossed over Potomac Yard, which opened in 1906, on a 1300-foot long trestle constructed around the same time for the Southern Railway. In contrast to the Southern Railway's earlier Bluemont Branch service, the W&OD Railway's Bluemont Division did not serve Washington Union Station.
... | 2.109375 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | The railway's electrification system distributed 650 volts direct current (DC) to its Bluemont Division cars and trains through overhead catenary lines, even though by 1912 this system was becoming obsolete by 1200 V systems. Single overhead lines carried the Great Falls Division's electricity over its tracks. Stationa... | 2.234375 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | Shortly thereafter, in 1939, the railroad began to scale back. It abandoned the western end of its line which had connected the towns of Purcellville and Bluemont. This section had seen steep declines from passengers and from the closing of the flour mill in Round Hill and the railroad couldn't afford to repair the Rou... | 2.234375 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | In late 1943, the railroad leased a used Budd two-car streamlined gas-electric passenger train and in February 1944 expanded passenger service to Leesburg and Purcellville using gas–electric motor cars and cars pulled by diesel–electric locomotives. At first passenger demand was great enough to justify three round tri... | 2.25 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | The highway department simultaneously made plans to secretly sell all but of the route to the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) (now Dominion Virginia Power), whose transmission lines were running along the railroad's right-of-way. In addition, the W&OD agreed to sell to VEPCO the remaining of right-of-way ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | In August 1970, the 80 year old East Falls Church station, located south of the tracks on the west side of Washington Street/Lee Highway (now Langston Boulevard), was torn down also to make room for I-66 and the Metrorail line. The station was torn down piece by piece and given to Arthur Brown who moved it to Amissvill... | 2.46875 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | Right-of-way
45 miles of the railroad's original 54 mile long, 100 foot wide Bluemont Division right-of-way remain today as the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park, which features the W&OD Trail. With the exceptions of lands transferred to the Virginia Department of Highways, the land that lay west of th... | 2.265625 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | The easternmost 1.25 miles of the Bluemont-Thrifton Division also was also used to create I-66, the westernmost 1.4 miles was used to build the Bluemont Junction Trail and on the 1000 feet in between, the Ballston Wetland was built.
Scotland Heights Road west of Round Hill passes through the cut in rock at Scotland Ga... | 2.1875 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | Culverts
Numerous stone and cast iron culverts remain from the railroad along the right-of-way. These carry the trail over smaller streams and drainages. On the eastern side the culverts are more likely to have been replaced by modern culverts as part of modern storm water management efforts.
Tracks
Little, if any, o... | 2.25 | 0 |
2138635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20and%20Old%20Dominion%20Railroad | Washington and Old Dominion Railroad | After the W&OD Railroad closed, the Southern Railway and its successor, the Norfolk Southern Railway, operated a spur between the Alexandria waterfront and a north–south route that traveled through Potomac Yard before the Yard closed in 1989. The spur formerly served trains traveling from the eastern end of the Bluemon... | 2.015625 | 0 |
2138636 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magsaysay%2C%20Occidental%20Mindoro | Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro | Magsaysay, officially the Municipality of Magsaysay (), is a municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 39,767 people.
History
Magsaysay was formerly as a part of San Jose. On April 3, 1969, it was created as a separate municipality by virtue... | 2.25 | 0 |
2138637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamburao | Mamburao | Mamburao (), officially the Municipality of Mamburao (), is a municipality and capital of the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 47,705 people.
History
Mamburao was originally settled by the Moro people and was one of their strongholds in the island of ... | 2.546875 | 0 |
2138642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sablayan | Sablayan | Sablayan (), officially the Municipality of Sablayan (), is a municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 92,598 people.
History
The town used to be called Dongon, a coastal village located currently at Barangay San Nicolas. The first accounts... | 2.15625 | 0 |
2138670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroquieta | Oroquieta | Oroquieta (formerly/originally known as Layawan), officially the City of Oroquieta (; ), is a component city and capital of the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 72,301 people.
Etymology
Some sources reveal that the town got its name from the barrio in Sp... | 2.53125 | 0 |
2138672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozamiz | Ozamiz | Ozamiz Airport, also known as Labo Airport, was reopened July 5, 2007, 9 years after Philippine Airlines (PAL) stopped their original Fokker 50 and Sunriser plane operation at the airport. The inability of the airport to accommodate jet planes due to its short runway led to its closure. Air Philippines (a subsidiary ai... | 2.0625 | 0 |
2138675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaridel%2C%20Misamis%20Occidental | Plaridel, Misamis Occidental | Plaridel, officially the Municipality of Plaridel (; ), is a municipality in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 39,840 people.
History
The Municipal Government of Plaridel was one of the original towns of the Province of Misamis before it was divided i... | 1.953125 | 0 |
2138675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaridel%2C%20Misamis%20Occidental | Plaridel, Misamis Occidental | The town name "Langaran" was changed into “Plaridel” in the year 1914 by the Philippine Legislature Act No. 2390 enacted on February 28, 1914. From that period the town Langaran disintegrated bringing along a big portion of its territorial area which later on formed into a separate municipality now known as the Municip... | 2.40625 | 0 |
2138679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangub | Tangub | Tangub, officially the City of Tangub (; ), is a component city in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 68,389 people.
Tangub City is also where the Panguil Bay Bridge is situated. The 3.77 km (2.34 mi) bridge connects Tangub, Misamis Occidental to Tubo... | 2.203125 | 0 |
2138748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad%20II%20of%20Italy | Conrad II of Italy | Conrad II of Italy, also known as Conrad (III) (12 February 1074 – 27 July 1101), was the Duke of Lower Lorraine (1076–1087), King of Germany (1087–1098) and King of Italy (1093–1098). He was the second son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and Bertha of Savoy, and their eldest son to reach adulthood, his older brother He... | 2.5625 | 0 |
2138748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad%20II%20of%20Italy | Conrad II of Italy | Conrad passed Christmas 1076 at Besançon with his parents. Early the next year (1077) he accompanied his father across the Alps on the way to Canossa, because there was nobody in Germany to which Henry could entrust his son. Conrad subscribed to his first royal charter in 1079. When Henry returned to Germany, Conrad re... | 2.453125 | 0 |
2138748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad%20II%20of%20Italy | Conrad II of Italy | Salian king
In 1087, Conrad returned to Germany. On 30 May, he was crowned king in Aachen by Archbishop Sigewin of Cologne. The ceremony was attended by Albert of Namur, Godfrey of Bouillon and Duke Magnus of Saxony, according to the Annales Weissenburgenses. The last reference to Conrad as duke of Lower Lotharingia (d... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2138748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad%20II%20of%20Italy | Conrad II of Italy | Papal anti-king
In March 1095 Conrad attended the Council of Piacenza and confirmed the accusations of his stepmother, Eupraxia, that Henry IV was a member of a Nicolaitan sect, participated in orgies, and had offered Eupraxia to Conrad, stating that this was the reason for his turning against his father. Shortly after... | 2.71875 | 0 |
2138750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Naga, Camarines Sur | Naga is the native pre-colonial name of the city. It is named after the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus), which is known as naga in the Bicol language. It was abundant in the region and was part of a pre-colonial industry of wooden cups and bowls made from narra that produced distinctive blue and yellow opalescent colo... | 2.796875 | 0 |
2138750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Naga, Camarines Sur | With the advent of American rule, the city was reduced to a municipality. In 1919, it has been renamed as Naga.
World War II and Japanese occupation
Naga came under Japanese occupation on December 18, 1941, following the Japanese invasion of Legaspi a few days earlier.
In 1945, toward the end of World War II, combine... | 2.921875 | 0 |
2138750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Naga, Camarines Sur | Barangays
Naga is politically subdivided into 27 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Demographics
According to the 2020 census, the population of Naga is 209,170 people, with a density of 2,300/km2. Naga had an average annual population growth of 1.29% between 2010 and 2020 according to ... | 2.546875 | 0 |
2138750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Naga, Camarines Sur | The largest minority religion in Naga is Iglesia ni Cristo (INC). INC has several chapels in different barangays in the city, and the local congregation is the largest in the district. It is followed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (formerly known as "Mormon") which has several congregations (wards)... | 2.640625 | 0 |
2138750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Naga, Camarines Sur | Only five Isarog Agta spoke their indigenous language in the year 2000. The language was classified as "Critically Endangered", meaning the youngest speakers are grandparents and older, speak the language partially and infrequently, and hardly pass the language to their children and grandchildren. If the remaining 150 ... | 2.359375 | 0 |
2138750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Naga, Camarines Sur | Naga is the medical center of the Bicol Region. The largest hospitals include the government-owned Bicol Medical Center (1000-bed capacity by virtue of Republic Act No. 11478), Camarines Sur Medical Center in Bula, Camarines Sur, and the Universidad de Sta Isabel – Mother Seton Hospital, owned and operated by the Daugh... | 2.140625 | 0 |
2138750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Naga, Camarines Sur | Solid waste
The main pollutants in the city come in the form of solid waste generated daily. Generally, these wastes come from various sources: residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional.
Naga generates approximately 85.8 tons of waste per year, based on the latest 2009 estimates, where agricultural waste ... | 2.84375 | 0 |
2138750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Naga, Camarines Sur | University of Nueva Caceres was the very first university in Bicol, and is considered to be largest in the region, due to its attendance and size, that offers courses from kindergarten to graduate school. Founded by Dr. Jaime Hernandez in 1948, it has grown to become one of the leading institutions of higher learning i... | 2.296875 | 0 |
2138821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balatan | Balatan | Balatan, officially the Municipality of Balatan (Rinconada Bikol: Banwaān ka Balatan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Balatan), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 30,669 people.
Balatan was founded by Don Gregorio Balatan, also its first mayor and f... | 2.140625 | 0 |
2138830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buhi%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Buhi, Camarines Sur | Buhi, officially the Municipality of Buhi (Buhinon: Banwaan nya Buhi; Rinconada Bikol: Banwāan ka Buhi; Tagalog: Bayan ng Buhi), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 81,306 people.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Lake Bu... | 2.09375 | 0 |
2138830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buhi%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Buhi, Camarines Sur | Mt. Malinao and Mt. Asog dominate the town's surface terrain whose highest elevations are and above main sea level respectively.
Itbog Falls located in Barangay Santa Cruz, on the south-eastern side of Lake Buhi, is a twin waterfalls. It could be reached by means of a motorized boat ride from the town proper, then ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
2138832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bula%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Bula, Camarines Sur | Bula, officially the Municipality of Bula (Rinconada Bikol: Banwaān ka Bula; Tagalog: Bayan ng Bula), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 73,143 people.
History
The town of Bula is historically considered one of the first four mission to... | 2.34375 | 0 |
2138839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabanga | Calabanga | During the very latter portion of the Spanish colonial period, Calabanga became larger than its mother town Quipayo which no longer exists today. Thousands of agricultural products are produced every day. The agriculture of the municipality became even more advanced during the American Colonial period. Calabanga starte... | 2.546875 | 0 |
2138839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabanga | Calabanga | Calabanga is blessed with rich natural resources. It has big uplands and vast fishing grounds. Agricultural areas are the most extensive areas covering more than half of the total land area in this municipality. It is the dominant land use. Land devoted to crop production is approximately 7,609.79 ha. Which include ric... | 2.546875 | 0 |
2138839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabanga | Calabanga | From Metro Manila, Calabanga is very much accessible via Naga City. First, by a 45-minute plane flight to Naga Airport located at Pili and a car/jeep ride of some 40 minutes to Calabanga. Another choice is a 7–10 hours aircon bus trip direct to Calabanga being provided by three bus lines. The Philippine National Railwa... | 2.125 | 0 |
2138839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabanga | Calabanga | With the social welfare services devolved to the LGU as mandated under RA 7160, which is the Local Government Code of 1991, the municipality of Calabanga have assumed the responsibility of implementing the various programs such as the Child and Youth Welfare, Family and Community Organizing, Women's Welfare, Elderly an... | 2.40625 | 0 |
2138845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camaligan | Camaligan | Pre-colonial era
The town of Camaligan is a known archeological site. In 2016 to 2017, hundreds of artifacts, including shells, jar fragments, tools, other deposits, pig bones, deer bones, stingray cartilage, shark cartilage, and at least fifteen (15) pre-colonial human remains, were found in the area, which marked a r... | 2.921875 | 0 |
2138847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaman | Canaman | Canaman, officially the Municipality of Canaman (; ), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,205 people. Canaman is known for its upscale shopping, heritage which dates back to Spanish era, and its new first class housings.
Canaman is pa... | 2.390625 | 0 |
2138847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaman | Canaman | Philippine-American War
In 1900, after militant Canamanons heard that the Americans were closing in, they burned the church to the ground in an act of self-immolation to prevent desecration of the church at the hands of the American forces. The burning was a deliberate and intentional act; with the perpetrators gatheri... | 2.6875 | 0 |
2138847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaman | Canaman | Canaman has the lowest poverty rate in the province of Camarines Sur. There are still urban sprawls present throughout unmaintained localities within the municipality, usually resulting in the denigration of infrastructure and stagnating local growth in certain barangays. The impoverished communities in Canaman through... | 2.421875 | 0 |
2138847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaman | Canaman | The economic relationship between Canaman, similarly with other contigious municipalities of Camarines Sur, and neighbouring Naga had historically maintained a socio-economical mutuality due to Naga's regional economic prominence, temporarily ratified by the policies of the Metropolitan under Jesse Robredo's term, and ... | 2.421875 | 0 |
2138847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaman | Canaman | A boost to Canaman's image as an emerging entertainment center came with the establishment of radio industry in the 1950s. ABS-CBN's DZRB radio station pioneered broadcasting industry in Camarines Sur. The station became the center of talented local broadcasters who became big men in the broadcast media industry. Withi... | 2.140625 | 0 |
2138850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caramoan | Caramoan | Caramoan, officially the Municipality of Caramoan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 51,728 people.
History
The name Caramoan has been officially used since 1619, the year it was named by a Spanish missionary friar, Francisco de ... | 2.78125 | 0 |
2138853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainza | Gainza | Gainza, officially the Municipality of Gainza (; ), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 11,584 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.
Gainza is one of the oldest municipalities in Camarines Sur. Gainza is a p... | 1.976563 | 0 |
2138853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainza | Gainza | If the Bicol River Basin Development Program had pushed through the building of the canal, the flooding of towns along the Bicol River could have been avoided. The death of the bishop overcame the ambitious project shortly after the work begun. This canal was called “Via Gainza” in honor of the courageous builder in wh... | 2.46875 | 0 |
2138861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Goa, Camarines Sur | On arrival, Fr. Abalay found Gregorio de los Reyes as Pueblo Headman and Santiago Evangelista, Juan de los Santos, Pedro Paraiso, Francisco Jacinto, Andres de la Trinidad and Lucas Delfin as council members. Fr. Abalay named Pedro de los Reyes son of the reigning Headman, “Cabeza de Barangay” in the cabeseria De Barang... | 2.671875 | 0 |
2138877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iriga | Iriga | Iriga, officially the City of Iriga (Rinconada Bikol: Syudad ka Iriga; ; ), is a component city in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 114,457 people.
History
Barely half a century after Ferdinand Magellan set foot in the Philippines on March 16, 1521, Iri... | 2.265625 | 0 |
2138877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iriga | Iriga | Iriga, according to Fray Felix Huertas in his lengthily titled Estado Geografico, Topografico, Estadisticdo, Historico-Reliogoso de la Santa Apostolica Provincia de S. Gregorio Magno published in 1865, came from the native word iraga, which means "poseedores de mucho terreno", or "possessors of much land". From a mere ... | 2.5625 | 0 |
2138878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagonoy | Lagonoy | Lagonoy, officially the Municipality of Lagonoy (; ), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 56,714 people.
Etymology
There are two version as how Lagonoy got its name. Year 1734 when the first Spaniards in this place found a small foreste... | 2.125 | 0 |
2138881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libmanan | Libmanan | Libmanan, officially the Municipality of Libmanan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 112,994 people.
The municipality's history dates back to before the beginning of Spanish colonization, and its city center is home to a number of... | 2.875 | 0 |
2138881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libmanan | Libmanan | During the occupation of their country by the United States, the Philippine Legislature greatly expanded the network of railroads throughout the island of Luzon, and a railway headed to the city of Legazpi, Albay and Naga, Camarines Sur was built through Libmanan to provide direct access to those cities. This railway w... | 2.546875 | 0 |
2138881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libmanan | Libmanan | Libmanan, one of the largest and most populous municipalities in the province, benefits from the transportation being offered by the Libmanan River, the railroad, and the national highway. Though rail service through Libmanan no longer connects directly to Manila there are still commuter trips available bringing passen... | 2.421875 | 0 |
2138888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magarao | Magarao | Magarao, officially the Municipality of Magarao (; ), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,742 people.
Magarao is part of the Metro Naga Urban Area.
History
Magarao derived its name from a species of thorny wild bush locally known as... | 2.046875 | 0 |
2138891 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milaor | Milaor | Milaor, officially the Municipality of Milaor (; ), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,963 people.
Milaor is part of the Metro Naga Urban Area. It is from Pili and from Manila.
History
The work of evangelization in Milaor began i... | 2.171875 | 0 |
2138896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabua | Nabua | In a research mission to Spain funded by the municipality, it was learned that Nabua was officially established as a municipality on July 25, 1569.
Based on the 1734 Murillo Velarde map, one of the earliest cartographic maps of the Philippine archipelago, the town is identified as "Nava"—a Spanish name indicating a "l... | 2.765625 | 0 |
2138896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabua | Nabua | The municipality of Nabua is one land mass containing a total land area of 8,854.4193 hectares. This total land area distributed among the 42 barangays, nine of which are considered as urban barangays, namely, San Antonio (Poblacion), San Esteban, San Francisco, San Juan, San Luis, San Isidro, San Miguel, San Nicolas, ... | 2.859375 | 0 |
2138896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabua | Nabua | Spread out among the 42 barangays of Nabua, there are 10,093 persons living in the urban barangays while 65,329 persons live in the rural barangays. Among urban barangays, San Antonio Poblacion has the largest population with 2,363 persons while San Luis has the smallest with 358 persons. For rural barangays, La Puris... | 2.484375 | 0 |
2138896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabua | Nabua | On November 1, nearly all citizens take a trip down to the cemetery. This is their practice of honoring and remembering departed loved ones. They would offer flowers and light candles in their tombstones, sarcophagus, or decorate the family mausoleum with flowers and food. The local cemetery comes alive the night of ... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2138896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabua | Nabua | Transportation is very much important in Nabua because of its strategic location and membership in the Legazpi-Iriga-Naga-Daet growth corridor; and it is the preferred development strategy of agro-industrial commerce and tourism.
Land transportation available are the various road systems and the Philippine National Ra... | 2.390625 | 0 |
2138898 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocampo%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Ocampo, Camarines Sur | Ocampo, officially the Municipality of Ocampo (; Rinconada Bikol: Banwāan ka Ocampo; ), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 51,073 people.
Ocampo is from Pili and from Manila.
History
The municipality of Ocampo traced its existence a... | 2.203125 | 0 |
2138899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamplona%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Pamplona, Camarines Sur | Farming is considered to be the main source of livelihood and basically agriculture is the primary source where most households derive their income. The agricultural products includes coconuts, upland crops and rice. Agricultural workers outnumbering the ones who are employed in non-agricultural occupations. As of 1997... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2138901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasacao | Pasacao | Pasacao (), officially the Municipality of Pasacao (; ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 53,461 people. The area is noted for its brown sand beaches and is sometimes referred to as the "Summer Capital of Camarines Sur.
Duri... | 2.234375 | 0 |
2138901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasacao | Pasacao | Spanish colonization
From 1585 to the 19th century, Pasacao served as a crucial defense port against Moro pirate incursions. The raid in Caranan on October 4, 1779, is an example. Pasacao and 9 other towns and two missions were entirely destroyed. In 1823, the town had an estimated population of only 200 people due to ... | 3 | 0 |
2138901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasacao | Pasacao | Post-colonization
On July 20, 1966, a major fire devastated the commercial and residential center of Pasacao. The blaze, ignited by sparks from a chimney, swept through approximately 13 blocks, resulting in damage estimated at PHP 3 to 4 million. The fire left about 700 families, or 3,000 individuals, homeless. Key st... | 2.703125 | 0 |
2138901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasacao | Pasacao | According to the Köppen climate classification system, Pasacao has a tropical rainforest climate. The north-east monsoon dominates the area; therefore, rainfall is evenly spread throughout the year. From October to January, the wind blows from north to east, from east to southeast from February to April, and from May t... | 2.609375 | 0 |
2138906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pili%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Pili, Camarines Sur | Pili, officially the Municipality of Pili (, Rinconada Bikol: Banwaan ka Pili, ) is a municipality and capital of the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 99,196 people.
The town is from Manila.
History
The first recorded history of Pili started during the pro... | 2.265625 | 0 |
2138906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pili%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Pili, Camarines Sur | When World War II broke out in 1941 the Imperial Japanese Army sent 3,000 soldiers to Pili due to the concentration of American developments in the town. They built tunnels, manmade caves, and foxholes all over the town which are still existent in the town today. The infrastructures of the war were mostly in the barang... | 2.53125 | 0 |
2138906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pili%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Pili, Camarines Sur | The barangays of Cadlan and San Jose, located at the northern part of the town, are the center of developments and activities of the provincial government of Camarines Sur. It also has a high concentration of provincial government institutions in the province of Camarines Sur, aside from the provincial government offic... | 2.078125 | 0 |
2138906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pili%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Pili, Camarines Sur | One natural waterfall which is visible from the downtown especially during rainy weather is the Maati Falls. It came from the Bicol word "ati" or "loses a certain amount for a fluid", because the falls was perceived to vanish during a sunny weather and appear again during a rainy weather. However, it was believed that ... | 2.40625 | 0 |
2138906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pili%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | Pili, Camarines Sur | Utilities
Water supplied by the established water system under the Pili Water District (PIWAD), which has a water source from Mt. Isarog. Electricity is supplied by the Camarines Sur Electric Cooperative II (CASURECO II).
Education
There are two major “school belts” in the town: the San Jose (in the North) and the P... | 2.421875 | 0 |
2138922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Jose%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | San Jose, Camarines Sur | The municipality belongs to Type II Climate characterized by the absence of a dry season and very pronounced maximum rainfall from November to December. It is during these months that the Northeast monsoon season occurs and the tropical cyclones contribute to the increased rainfall in the area. In January and February,... | 2.859375 | 0 |
2138922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Jose%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | San Jose, Camarines Sur | The cyclones affecting the Philippine islands originate from the Pacific Ocean East of the Islands between latitude 8 degrees North, 10 degrees South, traveling on a Westerly or Northwesterly course over the country. It has the highest sustained wind velocity of 6 knots in November to April and lowest sustained wind ve... | 2.734375 | 0 |
2138922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Jose%2C%20Camarines%20Sur | San Jose, Camarines Sur | Geology
The major part of the municipal area is composed of Alluvium River Terraces which is particularly described as fluvicatile lacustrine alluvium composed of unsorted loosely consolidated pebbles, gravel, silt, coral debris and clay that can be found in flooded plains, riverbanks, sand bars, beaches, and tidal fla... | 2.8125 | 0 |
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