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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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.

  4. Verde Island Passage - Wikipedia

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    Verde Island, located right in the center of the strait, is a popular diving location in the Philippines due to its clear waters and renowned biodiverse marine life. Daily trips for scuba divers are made from Puerto Galera. The wreckage of a Spanish galleon that sunk in 1620 is located in the South of the passage. Most of the ship's cargo was ...

  5. Gasparilla 2025: A look at the pirate festival in Tampa, Florida

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    Pirates are temporarily taking over downtown Tampa to celebrate Gasparilla, an annual pirate-themed festival. Known as the city's "signature event," Gasparilla was named after famed Florida pirate ...

  6. Geography of Florida - Wikipedia

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    At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.

  7. Florida Puerto Ricans enduring Hurricane Milton grapple with ...

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    Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night near Siesta Key, Florida, a barrier island next to Sarasota.

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

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    This intervention became known as the War of 1898, or the Spanish-American War. Spain lost and, in a treaty with the U.S., gave up control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines, Duany and ...

  9. 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 ...