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  2. List of festivals in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    There are more than 42,000 known major and minor festivals in the Philippines, the majority of which are in the barangay (village) level. Due to the thousands of town, city, provincial, national, and village fiestas in the country, the Philippines has traditionally been known as the Capital of the World's Festivities.

  3. Puerto Galera - Wikipedia

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    Poverty incidence of Puerto Galera 10 20 30 40 2006 35.40 2009 23.88 2012 11.00 2015 7.89 2018 13.25 2021 16.21 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Port of Puerto Galera The traditional economy of the city used to be fishing and subsistence agriculture, but with the boom of tourism at the end of the 1970s, the service sector became more and more important and led to population and economic ...

  4. List of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines

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    Puerto Galera: Oriental Mindoro: Mimaropa: Poor Man's Boracay Comparison to the resort island of Boracay. Reportedly it cost less to visit Puerto Galera as a tourist. [72] Puerto Princesa: Palawan (geographically only) Mimaropa: Eco-Tourism Capital of the Philippines As per the Puerto Princesa Board. After the city's ecotourism industry. [73 ...

  5. Oriental Mindoro - Wikipedia

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    Puerto Galera features a natural harbor which also protects ships, yachts and bancas from strong typhoons sweeping in from the Pacific. Puerto Galera, known for white sand beaches and the accompanying honky tonk bar scene on some key beaches, is known for its dive sites with a biodiversity of marine life in and around the coral reefs.

  6. San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro - Wikipedia

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    The new municipal government of San Teodoro was short lived. In 1903, together with Baco and Puerto Galera, San Teodoro was absorbed to become a barrio of Calapan as organized by the Philippine Commission headed by Gov. William H. Taft. In 1905, the new Philippine Commission Act No. 1280 decreed that the 15 municipalities of the entire island ...

  7. Why did Puerto Rico become part of the US? And why is ... - AOL

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    Puerto Rico is an unincorporated U.S. territory with a population of about 3.2 million people. It is officially known both as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and as the Estado Libre Asociado de ...

  8. Puerto Rican Festival in Rochester: See over 110 photos from ...

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    The curtain is set to rise on another Puerto Rican Festival in Rochester. The event, which organizers say is the longest-standing ethnic celebration in Monroe County, has moved from place to place ...

  9. Images from Rochester's Puerto Rican Festival taken by a 7 ...

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