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  2. Panglao, Bohol - Wikipedia

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    Poverty incidence of Panglao 10 20 30 40 2000 36.11 2003 16.91 2006 30.20 2009 33.25 2012 16.36 2015 19.67 2018 12.60 2021 16.77 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Tourism The primary tourist attraction of Panglao are its white sandy beaches, of which Alona Beach is the most famous and most developed. Alona Beach is about 1,500 metres (1,640 yd) long, lined with palm trees. resorts, and ...

  3. Swampland in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Swampland in Florida is a figure of speech referring to real estate scams in which a seller misrepresents unusable swampland as developable property. These types of unseen property scams became widely known in the United States in the 20th century, and the phrase is often used metaphorically for any scam that misrepresents what is being sold.

  4. Florida land boom of the 1920s - Wikipedia

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    The first real estate bubble in Florida was primarily caused by the economic prosperity of the 1920s coupled with a lack of knowledge about storm frequency and poor building standards. This pioneering era of Florida land speculation lasted from 1924 to 1926 and attracted investors from all over the nation. [1]

  5. Panglao Island - Wikipedia

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    Panglao Island, Bohol. The island has an area of 91.12 square kilometres (35.18 sq mi). It is within Bohol Province, and comprises two municipalities: Dauis and Panglao. Panglao island is located southwest of the island of Bohol and east and south of Cebu. Panglao has a terrain that ranges from plain, hilly to mountainous.

  6. Free Territory of Freedomland - Wikipedia

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    Cloma was born in Panglao to Ciriaco Cloma y Arbotante, a Spanish immigrant, and Irenea Arbolente y Bongay, a native of Panglao, Bohol. [18] He was the owner of a fishing fleet, and owner of a private maritime training institute, the PMI Colleges (formerly known as Philippine Maritime Institute).

  7. Bohol - Wikipedia

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    With a land area of 4,821 km 2 (1,861 sq mi) and a coastline 261 km (162 mi) long, Bohol is the tenth largest island of the Philippines. [ 6 ] The province of Bohol is a first-class province divided into 3 congressional districts , comprising 1 component city and 47 municipalities . [ 7 ]

  8. Central Visayas - Wikipedia

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    Its land area is 10,144.52 km 2 (3,916.82 sq mi), 3.3% of the country's total land area. Central Visayas is bounded on the north by the Visayan Sea, west by the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental in Negros island, south by the Bohol Sea and the province of Siquijor, and east by the Camotes Sea and the island of Leyte in Eastern ...

  9. Alburquerque, Bohol - Wikipedia

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    The town has a total land area of 2,865 ha (7,080 acres) which is relatively mild rolling to rolling and hilly. The land is used as built-up area 216.5 ha (535 acres), agricultural purposes 2,511 ha (6,200 acres), timberland 15 ha (37 acres), mining/quarrying 44.3 ha (109 acres), roads 72.3 ha (179 acres), and landfill site 5 ha (12 acres).