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Showing posts with label Mindanao. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mindanao. Show all posts

Friday, February 19, 2010

Mindanao-The Land of Promise

The Lumad is a Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigenous" and being used to denote a group of indigenous peoples of Mindanao, Philippines.
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Lumad are categorized into two which is Katawhan Lumad and Kalagan
Katawhan Lumad tribes are B'laan, Kaulo, Manobo, Subanon or Subanen, Higaonon
while Kalagan tribes are Mamanwa, Mandaya, Mansaka, Sangil, Subanon, Tagabawa, Tasaday, T'boli

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Camiguin Island

Camiguin is the second province smallest in terms of population and area of the region of Northern Mindanao, in the northern Philippines and is located in the Bohol Sea.
The capital of the province, the municipality of Mambajao. At the last census in 2010, the province had nearly 84,000 inhabitants. The county is in terms of both population and land area is the second smallest province in the country.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Davao City

Davao is one of the city 's most important of the Philippines and the capital island of Mindanao. The city, although administratively independent, is geographically located in the Province of Davao del Sur, in the region of Davao.
It is also the largest city in the state in terms of area and one of the largest in the world, employing more than 2,400 km ². Its international airport and the harbor liven up a huge amount of goods. Like all major cities of the Philippines, Davao is independent of any province although there is usually grouped with Davao del Sur for statistical purposes. The city is also the capital of the Davao Region (Region XI). Davao has a population of 1.3 million inhabitants, which reaches two million during the day.

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.
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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.