The Pangil River ( tl, Ilog ng Pangil), also known as the ''Bambang Hari River'', is a

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that runs through

Pangil, Laguna Pangil, officially the Municipality of Pangil ( tgl, Bayan ng Pangil), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,026 people. Etymology According to a paper ent ...

in the

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. It is one of 21 River

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of Laguna de Bay and is regularly monitored by the

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(LLDA) through one of its 15 river monitoring stations. The Pangil River sub-basin has a

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of .

How it got named ''Bambang Hari''

Part of the river is referred to as the ''Bambang Hari'' - which, when translated, means "riverbank of the king" - because in the mid-18th century,

King Carlos III it, Carlo Sebastiano di Borbone e Farnese , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Philip V of Spain , mother = Elisabeth Farnese , birth_date = 20 January 1716 , birth_place = Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain , death_d ...

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visited Pangil when he was still a prince, and it was said that he used to frequent river often. When he was crowned king, he sent the images of the Santo Niño de la O and the Birhen de la O to Pangil in gratitude. the Birhen de la O, which shows a pregnant

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, is believed to be miraculous.

Conservation

In the latest (December 2005) Water Quality Status Report listed on the Laguna Lake Development Authority's site, the Pangil River was listed as "Worse than Class D." It also indicated that this status had been "maintained" since the river was last monitored. According to the Water Usage & Classification for Fresh Water system used by the Philippines'

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, Class D Quality freshwater is suitable for agriculture, irrigation, livestock watering and industrial water supply class II. "''Worse than Class D''" implies that the Pangil River is not suitable for any of those functions. In 1980,

International Rice Research Institute The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is an international agricultural research and training organization with its headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna, in the Philippines, and offices in seventeen countries. IRRI is known for its wor ...

(IRRI) researcher DA Vaughan documented six populations of Oryza minuta Presl. - a wild rice species known to be resistant to

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, bacterial blast, green planthopper, and

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- along a stream which is a tributary of the Pangil river. A 2004 survey noted with alarm that all the populations were gone. The report attributed the disappearance of the rare and useful species of rice to human activities, particularly "''livestock raising, farming, and road construction, which destroy the natural vegetation within the vicinity.''" Scientists have noted that further studies are needed to prevent the local extinction of this species.

Gallery

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Visiting Pangil Eco Park
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How it got named ''Bambang Hari''

Conservation

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