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Showing posts with label Bukidnon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bukidnon. Show all posts

Monday, January 19, 2009

Bukidnon

Bukidnon is a province of the Philippines, located at the center on the island of Mindanao is. It has one of the few provinces of the island nation landlocked. The province is the leading producer of rice and corn in the region. Plantations in the province also produce pineapples, bananas and sugarcane.
Bukidnon philippines
Its capital is Malaybalay City. It is politically the District X Northern Mindanao assigned. In 2007, a total of 1,229,599 inhabitants of the province was recorded on the census.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Kitanglad Mountain Range

The Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park is a protected area within the province of Bukidnon, Mindanao in the Philippines. It is located about 50 kilometers south-east of a straight line in Cagayan de Oro. The area around the volcano Kitanglad on 14 December 1990 as National Park.
Kitanglad Mountain Range philippines
Locals Bukidnons, made up of the indigenous tribes of the Manobo and Talaandig live mostly in the forests, which they regard as holy, as these areas are used as burial grounds. Locals live from the forest, which they use as a source of food, but also for the natural medicine. Mountaineers and hikers must obtain a permit before entering the mountains of the tribes, and elders perform a ritual to appease the spirits of the ancestors benevolently.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Pulangi River

The Rio Grande de Mindanao, as Mindanao River or on its upper reaches as Pulangi River called, is the largest river in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, and the second greatest of the entire island nation.
Pulangi River philippines
The main source is located in the 2093-meter high mountain Tago, north of Malaybalay City, southwest of Butuan City in the highlands of Bukidnon. Here he is called Pulangi River and flows southward into the province Cotabato. Its main tributaries are the Buluan, of Allah and in the mountains of Kalatungan springing Muleta.