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The maharlika (Baybayin pre-virama: ᜋᜑᜎᜒᜃ meaning freeman or freedman) were the feudal warrior class in ancient Tagalog society in Luzon, the Philippines. They belonged to the lower nobility class similar to the timawa of the Visayan people .
The Maharlika Nation is a registered entity under the Philippine government's Securities and Exchange Commission. [7] According to the Socorro Mayor Felizardo Galameda, the group had unsuccessfully attempted to get registered as a people's organization. [8] The Maharlika Nation claims itself to be self-governing under the IPRA law.
The name La Pampanga was given by the Spaniards, who encountered natives living along the banks (pampáng) of the Pampanga River. Its creation in 1571 makes it the first Spanish province on Luzon Island ( Cebu in Visayas is older as it was founded by the Spaniards in 1565).
Maharlika Village, officially Barangay Maharlika and simply known as Maharlika, is one of the 38 barangays of Taguig, Philippines. As of the 2020 census , the population was 23,470. The barangay, which was created from the land that was excluded out of AFP Enlisted Men's Village on January 3, 1974, has the largest Muslim community in Metro Manila.
The present name of the Philippines was bestowed by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos [1] [2] or one of his captains Bernardo de la Torre [3] [4] in 1543, during an expedition intended to establish greater Spanish control at the western end of the division of the world established between Spain and Portugal by the treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza.
The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway (Tagalog: Daang Maharlika; Cebuano: Dalang Halangdon), is a network of roads, expressways, bridges, and ferry services that connect the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao in the Philippines, serving as the country's principal transport backbone.
A class described as "freemen" [9] consisting of timawa and maharlika; and Alipin (slaves), [ 9 ] which could further be subcategorized as aliping namamahay or aliping sa gigilid . The term datu or lakan , or apo refers to the chief, but the noble class to which the datu belonged to was known as the maginoo class.
Pangasinan is the name of the province, the people and the spoken language. Indigenous Pangasinan speakers are estimated to number at least 2 million. The Pangasinan language, which is official in the province, is one of the officially recognized regional languages in the Philippines. Several ethnic groups enrich the cultural fabric of the ...