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  2. Puerto Galera - Wikipedia

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    Poverty incidence of Puerto Galera 10 20 30 40 50 2000 46.53 2003 25.64 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 ...

  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. List of colonial universities in Hispanic America - Wikipedia

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    Rüegg, Walter: "Foreword. The University as a European Institution", in: Ridder-Symoens, Hilde de (ed.): A History of the University in Europe. Vol. I: Universities in the Middle Ages, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-521-36105-2, pp. XIX–XX; Guinness World Records Limited 2021. First University in the New World.

  5. 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 ...

  6. National University College - Wikipedia

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    NUC University, (formerly known as National University College) is the largest for-profit private university in Puerto Rico with its main campus in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. [3] The university was founded in 1982 as the National College , and offers undergraduate studies and graduate studies in health , business administration , education ...

  7. Carlos Albizu Miranda - Wikipedia

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    Carlos Albizu Miranda [note 1] (16 September 1920 – 6 October 1984) was a Puerto Rican educator. He is the first Hispanic educator to have a North American university, Albizu University, renamed in his honor and one of the first Hispanics to earn a Ph.D. in psychology in the United States. [1]

  8. Roosevelt Tower - Wikipedia

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    Roosevelt Tower (officially: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Tower, Spanish: Torre Franklin Delano Roosevelt), more popularly known as La Torre, is a 173.54 feet (52.89 m) [2] clock tower located above the main entrance to the Baldorioty de Castro Building in the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.

  9. The Quadrangle (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras)

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    The Quadrangle (Spanish: El Cuadrángulo) is the heart and main quadrangle of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.Together with the Roosevelt Tower (La Torre), it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones as the University of Puerto Rico Tower and The Quadrangle, for its unique history which represents the union ...