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Pulo may refer to: Places * Pulo, Cabuyao, a village in the Philippines * Pulo do Lobo, a waterfall in Portugal * Pulo Gadung, a subdistrict in Jakarta, Indonesia * Pulo Jehat, an island in Malaysia * Duri Pulo, Gambir, a village in Indonesia * Isla Pulo, an island in Metro Manila, Philippines Dolines * Pulo di Altamura, a karst doline located in Altamura, Italy * Pulo di Molfetta, a karst doline located in Molfetta, Italy * Pulicchio di Gravina, a karst doline located in Gravina in Puglia, Italy * Pulicchio di Toritto, a karst doline located in Toritto, Italy Others * Patani United Liberation Organisation, Thailand See also * Polo (other) Polo is a team sport played on horseback. Polo may also refer to: Places United States * Polo Township, Carroll County, Arkansas * Polo, Illinois, United States, a city * Polo, Missouri, United States, a city northeast of Kansas City * Polo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulo, Cabuyao
Cabuyao, officially the City of Cabuyao ( fil, Lungsod ng Cabuyao), is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 355,330 people. It used to be known as the "richest municipality in the Philippines" because of the large populace of migrants working in the town's industrial estates. Nestlé Philippines, Asia Brewery, Inc., San Miguel Corporation, Tanduay Distillers, Inc., Wyeth Philippines, Inc., Procter & Gamble Philippines, Light Industry and Science Park of the Philippines and Malayan Colleges Laguna have established factories or are located in Cabuyao. By virtue of Republic Act No. 10163, the municipality of Cabuyao was converted to a component city, after the ratification of a plebiscite held on August 4, 2012. Etymology Cabuyao was once the central part of "Tabuco", a large territory which once included the modern-day cities of San Pedro, Biñan, Santa Rosa and Calamba. The name "Cabuyao" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altamura
Altamura (, ; nap, label= Barese, Ialtamùre) is a town and ''comune'' of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is located on one of the hills of the Murge plateau in the Metropolitan City of Bari, southwest of Bari, close to the border with Basilicata. , its population amounts to 70,595 inhabitants. The city is known for its particular quality of bread called Pane di Altamura, which is sold in numerous other Italian cities. The 130,000-year-old calcified Altamura Man was discovered in 1993 in the nearby limestone cave called ''grotta di Lamalunga''. History The area of modern Altamura was densely inhabited in the Bronze Age (La Croce settlement and necropolis). The region contains some fifty tumuli. Between the 6th and the 3rd century BC a massive line of megalithic walls was erected, traces of which are still visible in some areas of the city. Ancient city The city was inhabited until around the tenth century AD. Then it was reportedly looted by Saracens. There are no reliable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toritto
Toritto ( Barese: or ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari and region of Apulia, southern Italy. It lies in an agricultural area, growing mainly almond and olive trees, about 20 km from the Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to t .... History The origins of the city are uncertain, but they probably date to around 800 AD, although the first document testifying to the existence of Toritto is from 1069. A parish existed in 1171. Main sights *''Torre dell'Orologio'' (Watchtower), with a 1564 inscription. *''Chiesa Madre'' (Mother Church), built in 1410 and entitled to St. Nicholas. *''Chiesa della Madonna della Stella'', erected before 1092. References External links * Cities and towns in Apulia {{Apulia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravina In Puglia
Gravina in Puglia (; nap, label= Barese, Gravéine ; la, Silvium; grc, Σιλούϊον, Siloúïon) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. The word ''gravina'' comes from the Latin ''grava'' or from the messapic ''graba'', with the meaning of ''rock'', ''shaft'' and ''erosion of bank river''. Other words that share the same root are ''grava'', ''gravaglione'' and ''gravinelle''. Alternatively, when the emperor Frederick II went to Gravina, because of the large extension of the lands and for the presence of wheat, he decided to give to it the motto ''Grana dat et vina.'', that is to say ''It offers wheat and wine.''. Gravina is the home of the Alta Murgia National Park. History Thanks to its strategic position, Gravina has a very ancient history. Its territory has been inhabited since the Paleolithic, due to the high presence of water and woods. The largest remains date back to the Neolithic. The oldest settlements have been identifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulicchio Di Gravina
Pulicchio di Gravina (in the local dialect ''Pulícchie'' or ''Pulidde'') is the second-largest doline in the Murge plateau (in Apulia, southern Italy) after Pulo di Altamura. It falls into the territory of Gravina in Puglia, being located about north of the latter, close to the border with Altamura's territory. It shares the local toponym ''pulo'' with other large dolines of the region, i.e. Pulo di Altamura, Pulo di Molfetta and Pulicchio di Toritto. The doline is very close to other two karst landforms, Gurio Lamanna and Tre Paduli. Dimensions The doline is shaped like an egg and it is highly regular, with the slope almost constant on all its sides (as shown on the map's level curves). The biggest length (in direction NNW-SE) is equal to . The doline is somewhat wider in the northern part () than in the southern part (). Its perimeter is approximately , while the maximum depth is . The lowest point has height from the sea level. Therefore, the doline turns out to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molfetta
Molfetta (; Molfettese: ) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect. History The earliest local signs of permanent habitation are at the Neolithic site of Pulo, one of the most important such sites in southern Italy. The origins of the city can be traced to a small fishing port; antique graves testify to a fisherman's village in the fourth century BC. The position of the future city offered a valid landing to the commerce of Roman Rubo. The first indication of a toponym on the coast between ''Turenum'' (Trani) and ''Natiolum'' (Giovinazzo) is in the '' Itinerarium Provinciarum Antonini Augusti'', edited from a third-century core. The place denominated ''Respa'' was probably a wrong transcript of the toponym ''Melpha'', referring to a small village of fishermen. The first official document that mentions the city dates to November 925; it documents a ''civitas'' denomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulo Di Molfetta
Pulo di Molfetta is a doline located on the Murge plateau, in Apulia, southern Italy, around south-west of the city of Molfetta. It originated due to the collapse of the ceiling of one or more caves. It shares the local toponym ''pulo'' with other large dolines of the region, i.e. ''Pulicchio di Gravina'', ''Pulo di Molfetta'' and ''Pulicchio di Toritto''. See also * Pulo di Altamura * Pulicchio di Gravina * Gurio Lamanna * Molfetta Molfetta (; Molfettese: ) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect. History The earliest local signs of permanent habitation are a ... Sources * {{Cite book, title=Storie inedite della città di Altamura , first=Tommaso , last=Berloco , year=1985 , publisher=ATA - Associazione Turistica Altamurana Pro Loco , url=https://www.scribd.com/document/371395521/Tommaso-Berloco-Storie-inedite-della-citta-di-Altamura , ref=storie-inedite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulo Do Lobo
Pulo do Lobo is a waterfall 17 km north of Mértola, in the Lower Alentejo region of Portugal. It is the highest waterfall in Southern Portugal. Its name means "w''olf's leap"'' in Portuguese; it was said that only a brave man or a wild animal when chased could leap over the gorge that was created by the waterfall. This waterfall is located at an altitude of between 33 and 35 metres in a very narrow gorge in the River Guadiana. Pulo do Lobo is the most dramatic stretch of the Guadiana , where the "river boils between harsh walls, the rushing of water, hit, flow and wind gnawing a millimeter per century per millennium, a nothing in eternity" as José Saramago José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE ComSE GColCa (; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010), was a Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony ith which heco ..., one of Portugal's most famous writers, wrote. The Pulo do Lobo is f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karst
Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant rocks, such as quartzite, given the right conditions. Subterranean drainage may limit surface water, with few to no rivers or lakes. However, in regions where the dissolved bedrock is covered (perhaps by debris) or confined by one or more superimposed non-soluble rock strata, distinctive karst features may occur only at subsurface levels and can be totally missing above ground. The study of ''paleokarst'' (buried karst in the stratigraphic column) is important in petroleum geology because as much as 50% of the world's hydrocarbon reserves are hosted in carbonate rock, and much of this is found in porous karst systems. Etymology The English word ''karst'' was borrowed from German in the late 19th century, which entered German much earlier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulo Di Altamura
Pulo di Altamura is a doline located on the Murge plateau (Apulia, Italy). It is the largest doline in that region and it is located about north-west of the city of Altamura. It shares the local toponym ''pulo'' with other large dolines of the region, i.e. ''Pulicchio di Gravina'', ''Pulo di Molfetta'' and ''Pulicchio di Toritto''. Dimensions The perimeter, measured on the edge of the doline, is around . The larger diameter is abit bigger than and it is never lower than . The depth is around . Etymology The etymology of toponym ''pulo'' is currently unknown. It is used only in the Murge plateau to denote a doline, while it is unused in other regions of Apulia. The term is also used for the nearby dolines Pulo di Molfetta, Pulicchio di Gravina and Pulicchio di Toritto (''pulicchio'' means small ''pulo''), and it is attested as early as in the 17th century, since Domenico Santoro in 1688 wrote "luogo detto dalli Cittadini lo Pulo" (place called by Altamura people 'Pulo'). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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