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kigumba town. Kigumba is located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi), by road, northeast of Masindi (pop. 110,500 in 2020), the nearest large city. [2] This location lies approximately 200 kilometres (124 mi), by road, north-northwest of Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. [3]
Old Kiyyangan Village (OKV) is an archeological site in the Lazo highlands in the province of Ifugao in the Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines.The importance of this site is the presence of the Ifugao people and culture as the first inhabitants in the valley, who also represent one of the major indigenous Filipino societies for rice cultivation.
The road starts at Kigumba, on the Kampala–Gulu Highway, about 42 kilometres (26 mi) [1] northeast of Masindi (2014 population 94,622). [2] the nearest large town.The road continues in a southwesterly direction through Hoima to end at Kabwoya, a distance of about 135 kilometres (84 mi). [3]
Poverty Incidence of Calabarzon 10 20 30 40 50 2000 48.39 2003 18.40 2006 10.27 2009 11.92 2012 10.92 2015 12.46 2018 7.15 2021 7.20 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Pililla Wind Farm in Rizal Calabarzon is the second largest contributor to the national GDP, accounting for 17% of the gross domestic product. The region boasts a 2.1% inflation rate, lower than the national average of 3% ...
The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras are a World Heritage Site consisting of a complex of rice terraces on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1995, the first-ever property to be included in the cultural landscape category of the World Heritage List. [ 2 ]
Map showing Luzon in red shade. The first evidence of the systematic use of Stone-Age technologies in the Philippines is estimated to have dated back to about 50,000 BCE, [ 3 ] and this phase in the development of proto-Philippine societies is considered to end with the rise of metal tools in about 500 BCE, although stone tools continued to be ...
A map showing the traditional homelands of the indigenous peoples of the Philippines by province. The indigenous peoples of the Philippines are ethnolinguistic groups or subgroups that maintain partial isolation or independence throughout the colonial era, and have retained much of their traditional pre-colonial culture and practices.
It placed accuracy ahead of religious or traditional beliefs, breaking with tradition, for example, by not placing Jerusalem at the center of the world and not showing a physical location for the biblical Paradise. [3] The maker of the map, Fra Mauro, was a Camaldolese monk from the island of Murano near Venice. He was employed as an accountant ...