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Leyte Leyte ![]() Leyte /ˈleɪtɛ/ is an island in the Visayas ![]() Visayas group of the Philippines. Politically, the island is divided into two provinces: (Northern) Leyte ![]() Leyte and Southern Leyte. Territorially, Southern Leyte ![]() Southern Leyte includes the island of Panaon to its south. To the north of Leyte ![]() Leyte is the island province of Biliran, a former sub-province of Leyte. The major cities of Leyte ![]() Leyte are Tacloban, on the eastern shore at the northwest corner of Leyte ![]() Leyte Gulf, and Ormoc, on the west coast. The island was once the location of Mairete, a historic community which was ruled by Datu Ete [...More...] | "Leyte" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Imperial Japanese Forces The Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan during that Empire's existence from the Meiji Restoration in 1868[1] through the Second World War until the signing of the Constitution of Japan (1868–1947)[2] included the:Imperial Japanese Army Imperial Japanese NavyAir forces were divided into the Army Air Service and the Navy Air Service. References[edit]^ "One can date the 'restoration' of imperial rule from the edict of 3 January 1868." Jansen, Marius B. (2000). The Making of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 334. ^ "Chronological table 5 1 December 1946 - 23 June 1947". National Diet Library. Retrieved September 30, 2010. This article about the military history of Japan is a stub. You can help by expanding it.v t eThis World War II article is a stub [...More...] | "Imperial Japanese Forces" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Geographic Coordinate System A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols.[n 1] The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position [...More...] | "Geographic Coordinate System" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Geothermal Power Geothermal power ![]() Geothermal power is power generated by geothermal energy. Technologies in use include dry steam power stations, flash steam power stations and binary cycle power stations. Geothermal electricity generation is currently used in 24 countries,[1] while geothermal heating is in use in 70 countries.[2] As of 2015, worldwide geothermal power capacity amounts to 12.8 gigawatts (GW), of which 28 percent or 3,548 megawatts are installed in the United States [...More...] | "Geothermal Power" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Canigao Channel Channel ![]() Channel or channels may refer to:Contents1 In geography1.1 Australia 1.2 Europe 1.3 North America 1.4 Other places2 In science and technology2.1 In communications 2.2 Other uses in science and technology3 In business 4 In arts and entertainment 5 Other uses 6 See alsoIn geography[edit] Channel ![]() Channel (geography), in ph [...More...] | "Canigao Channel" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Island An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.[2] Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago, such as the Philippines, for example. An island may be described as such, despite the presence of an artificial land bridge; examples are Singapore ![]() Singapore and its causeway, and the various Dutch delta islands, such as IJsselmonde. Some places may even retain "island" in their names for historical reasons after being connected to a larger landmass by a land bridge or landfill, such as Coney Island ![]() Coney Island and Coronado Island, though these are, strictly speaking, tied islands [...More...] | "Island" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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South East Asia Southeast Asia ![]() Asia or Southeastern Asia ![]() Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea ![]() New Guinea and north of Australia.[4] Southeast Asia ![]() Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia ![]() Asia and Bay of Bengal, to the east by Oceania ![]() Oceania and Pacific Ocean, and to the south by Australia ![]() Australia and Indian Ocean. The region is the only part of Asia that lies partly within the Southern Hemisphere, although the majority of it is in the Northern Hemisphere [...More...] | "South East Asia" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean ![]() Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean ![]() Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean ![]() Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south and is bounded by Asia ![]() Asia and Australia ![]() Australia in the west and the Americas ![]() Americas in the east. At 165,250,000 square kilometers (63,800,000 square miles) in area (as defined with an Antarctic ![]() Antarctic southern border), this largest division of the World Ocean—and, in turn, the hydrosphere—covers about 46% of Earth's water surface and about one-third of its total surface area, making it larger than all of Earth's land area combined.[1] Both the center of the Water Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere ![]() Western Hemisphere are in the Pacific Ocean [...More...] | "Pacific Ocean" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Visayan Sea The Visayan Sea ![]() Sea is a sea in the, surrounded by the islands of the Visayas, Eastern Visayas ![]() Eastern Visayas and Western Visayas ![]() Western Visayas located to the east and west, while the Central Visayas ![]() Central Visayas is located to the south [...More...] | "Visayan Sea" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Bohol Sea The Bohol Bohol Sea, also called the Mindanao ![]() Mindanao Sea, is located between Visayas ![]() Visayas and Mindanao ![]() Mindanao in the Philippines. It lies south of Bohol Bohol and Leyte and north of Mindanao [...More...] | "Bohol Sea" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Philippine Sea The Philippine Sea ![]() Sea is a marginal sea east and northeast of the Philippines ![]() Philippines occupying an estimated surface area of 5 million square kilometres (2 million square miles) [...More...] | "Philippine Sea" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Tinikling Tinikling ![]() Tinikling is a traditional Philippine ![]() Philippine folk dance which originated during the Spanish colonial era.[1] The dance involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance [...More...] | "Tinikling" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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First Mass In The Philippines The first Catholic Mass in the Philippines was held on March 31, 1521, Easter Sunday. It was said by Father Pedro de Valderrama along the shores of what was referred to in the journals of Antonio Pigafetta as "Mazaua". Today, this site is widely believed by many to be Limasawa at the tip of Southern Leyte,[1] though this is contested by some who assert that the first mass was instead held at Masao, Butuan.[2]Contents1 Landing on Philippine shores1.1 Blood compact 1.2 First mass 1.3 Planting of the cross2 Proclamation of the national shrine 3 Historical controversies3.1 Masao 3.2 Bolinao4 Notes 5 BibliographyLanding on Philippine shores[edit] When Ferdinand Magellan and his European crew sailed from San Lucar de Barrameda for an expedition to search for spices, these explorers landed on the Philippines after their voyage from other proximate areas [...More...] | "First Mass In The Philippines" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Mindanao Mindanao ![]() Mindanao (/mɪndəˈnaʊ/ ( listen)) is the second largest island in the Philippines. Mindanao ![]() Mindanao and the smaller islands surrounding it make up the island group of the same name. As of the 2010 census, the main island was inhabited by 20,281,545 people, while the entire Mindanao ![]() Mindanao island group had a total of 21,968,174 residents. According to the 2015 Philippine Population Census, Davao City ![]() Davao City is the most populous city on the island, with a population of 1,632,991 residents, followed by Zamboanga City ![]() Zamboanga City (pop. 861,799), Cagayan ![]() Cagayan de Oro City (pop. 675,950), General Santos City ![]() General Santos City (pop. 594,446) and Iligan City (pop [...More...] | "Mindanao" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Cebuano People The Cebuano people ![]() Cebuano people (Cebuano: Mga Sugbuanon) are a subgroup of the Visayan people Visayan people whose primary language is the Cebuano language. They originated in the province of Cebu Cebu in the region of Central Visayas, but then later spread out to other places in the Philippines, such as Siquijor, Bohol, Negros Oriental, southwestern Leyte, western Samar, Masbate, and large parts of Mindanao [...More...] | "Cebuano People" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Largest Naval Battle In History The title of "largest naval battle in history" is disputed between adherents of different criteria which include the numbers of personnel and/or vessels involved in the battle, and the total tonnage of the vessels involved. While battles fought in modern times are comparatively well-documented, the figures from those in pre-Renaissance times are generally believed to be exaggerated by contemporary chroniclers. The candidates[edit]Salamis, September (28?) 480 BC. 371 Greek ships defeated 300–600 Persian ships in this decisive battle. Greek triremes had a crew of about 200 while their small penteconters had 50 oarsmen, which would suggest that approximately 200,000 sailors, soldiers and marines took part. Cape Ecnomus, 256 BC. One of Rome's first major naval victories over its rival, the city of Carthage, in the First Punic War. The battle itself involved around 680 ships and 300,000 personnel from both sides [...More...] | "Largest Naval Battle In History" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |