Bohol - Bohol Bohol is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is Tagbilaran City. To the west of Bohol is Cebu, to the northeast is Leyte and to the south, across the Bohol Sea is Mindanao. Bohol is a popular tourist destination with its beaches and resorts. The Chocolate Hills, numerous mounds of limestone formations, is the most popular attraction. Bohol is also where Carlos P. Garcia, the country's fourth president, came from. The Philippine Tarsier, considered by some to be the smallest primates is indigenous to the island. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Province of Bohol Region: Central Visayas (Region VII) Capital: Tagbilaran City Founded: March 10, 1917 Population: 2000 census—1,137,268 (18th largest). Density—276 per km˛ (25th highest). Area: 4,117.3.
Bohol Sea - Bohol Sea The Bohol Sea, also called the Mindanao Sea, is located between Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines. It lies south of Bohol and Leyte and north of Mindanao. Siquijor and Camiguin are its two major islands. The major cities on the sea are Cagayan de Oro City, Iligan City, Butuan City, Dumaguete City, Ozamis City, and Tagbilaran City. The sea connects to the Philippine Sea through the Surigao Strait, and to the Sulu Sea to the strait between Negros and Zamboanga Peninsula..
Johnny Tapia - he was finally able to return in 1994. When he was finally back in the ring, he beat Jaime Olvera by a knockout in four rounds at Tulsa, Oklahoma. He won three more fights by knockout, and then he faced Oscar Aguilar at the Michael Carbajal-Josue Dickie Camacho undercard in Phoenix for the NABF Jr. Bantamweight title. He won that fight by a knockout in the third round. After that fight, Albuquerque Police claimed they found cocaine in a bag carried by Johnny five days later. Johnny claimed what the police found was only a soap bar, and then charges were eventually dropped. He defended the title twice before the year was over, with an eleventh round knockout of Henry Martinez and a second round knockout of Rolando Bohol. On February.
Visayas - and Mindanao. It consists of several islands, forming the central part of the country's archipelago. The major islands are: Panay Negros Cebu Bohol Leyte Samar Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Regions and Provinces 1.1 Western Visayas (Region VI) 1.2 Central Visayas (Region VII) 1.3 Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) Regions and Provinces Politically, Visayas is divided into 3 regions which are further subdivided into 16 provinces. Western Visayas (Region VI) Western Visyas consists of the island of Panay and the western half of Negros. Its provinces are: Aklan Antique Capiz Guimaras Iloilo Negros Occidental Central Visayas (Region VII) Central Visayas includes the islands of Cebu and Bohol, and the eastern half of Negros. Its provinces are: Bohol Cebu Negros Oriental Siquijor Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) Eastern Visayas consists of the islands of.
Iligan Bay - Bay is a bay in Mindanao in the Philippines. It is part of Bohol Sea and cuts into the northern portion of the island of Mindanao. The provinces along its coast are Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Zamboanga del Sur, and Lanao del Norte. Iligan City is the most important port on Iligan Bay. Other important cities are Ozamis City and Oroquieta City. A branch of Iligan Bay, Panquil Bay, forms a natural boundary between the Zamboanga Peninsula and the rest of the island..
House of Representatives of the Philippines - 1.1 Provincial Districts 1.2 City and Municipality Districts 2 Sectoral Representation 3 Related Articles 4 External Links District Representation All provinces and several cities have at least one district, whose residents vote for their own congressman. Each district covers a population of approximately 250,000 to 500,000 people. Provincial Districts Abra (1) Agusan del Norte (2) Agusan del Sur (1) Aklan (1) Albay (3) Antique (1) Apayao (1) Aurora (1) Basilan (1) Bataan (2) Batanes (1) Batangas (4) Benguet (1) Biliran (1) Bohol (3) Bukidnon (3) Bulacan (4) Cagayan (3) Camarines Norte (1) Camarines Sur (4) Camiguin (1) Capiz (2) Catanduanes (1) Cavite (3) Cebu (6) Compostela Valley (2) Cotabato (2) Davao province (2) Davao del Sur (2) Davao Oriental (2) Eastern Samar (1) Guimaras (1) Ifugao (1) Ilocos Norte (2) Ilocos.
Geography of the Philippines - Asian mainland and is located between Taiwan and Borneo. The islands are divided into three groups: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The Luzon islands include Luzon itself, Mindoro, Palawan, and Masbate. The Visayas is a group of several small islands, the largest of which are: Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, and Samar. The Mindanao islands include Mindanao itself, plus the Sulu Archipelago, composed primarily of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi. Climate The local climate is hot, humid, and tropical. The average yearly temperature is around 26.5° Celsius. Filipinos generally recognize three seasons: Tag-init or Tag-araw (hot season / summer; March to May), Tag-ulan (rainy season; June to November), and Tag-lamig (cold season; December to February). Most of Mindanao, part of the Visayas, and southern Luzon have no pronouched dry or rainy seasons. From.
Eskrima - a variety of widths. Eskrima and Arnis are the names primarily used in the Philippines today. The name Kali is seldom used except for a few areas in the Southern Philippines and in most cases is an unknown word. Eskrima is the Filipino spelling which comes from Spanish-language esgrima, "fencing". An Eskrimador is a practitioner of Eskrima. Styles of Eskrima Abecedario Style Abierta Style Arnis Balite Babao Arnis Baet Style Balintawak Eskrima Banda y Banda BDU System Bergonia Style Bohol Style Black Eagle Arnis Bayson Style Cabales Serrada Eskrima Cabisedario CCEKA Combat Arnis Combat Escrima Disalon Style De Cuerdas De Fondo Defensor Method Derobio Escrima Doublecado Style Double Olisi Doblete Rapillon Doce Pares Escrima Doce Generales Dos Manos Eskrido Eskrima De Campo ETF Escrima EWTO Escrima Fondo Puerta Style Hirada Bantanquenia.
USS Alabama (BB-60) - island of Ponape, in the Carolines, the site of a Japanese airfield and sea lane base. As Alabama's Capt. Fred T. Kirtland subsequently noted, the bombardment, of 70 minutes' duration, was conducted in a "leisurely manner." Alabama then returned to Majuro on 4 May 1944 to prepare for the invasion of the Marianas. After a month spent in exercises and refitting, Alabama again got under way with TF 58 to participate in Operation "Forager." On 12 June, Alabama screened the carriers striking Saipan. On 13 June, Alabama took part in a six-hour preinvasion bombardment of the west coast of Saipan, to soften the defenses and cover the initial minesweeping operations. Her spotting planes reported that her salvoes had caused great destruction and fires in Garapan town. Though the shelling appeared successful,.
Agusan del Norte - north, Surigao del Sur to the east, Agusan del Sur to the south, and Misamis Oriental to the west. It faces Butuan Bay, part of the Bohol Sea, to the northwest. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Province of Agusan del Norte Region: Caraga (Region XIII) Capital: Butuan City Founded: Population: 2000 census—552,849 (47th largest). Density—213 per km˛ (39th highest). Area: 2,590.0 km˛ (28th smallest) Divisions: Component cities—1. Municipalities—11. Barangays—250. Congressional districts—2. Languages: Governor: Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante (2001-2004) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 People and Culture 2 Economy 3 Geography 3.1 Political 3.1.1 City 3.1.2 Municipalities 3.2 Physical 4 History 5 External Links People and Culture Economy Geography Political Agusan del Norte is subdivided into 11 municipalities and 1 city. City Butuan City Municipalities Buenavista Cabadbaran Carmen Jabonga Kitcharao Las Nieves.
Tanon Strait - Negros and Cebu in the Philippines. THe strait connects the Visayan Sea to the Bohol Sea..
Canigao Channel - Channel, in the Philippines, is a body of water that connects Bohol Sea with Camotes Sea. It also lies between Bohol and Leyte..
Camiguin - is the second smallest province both in population and land area. Only Batanes is smaller. The island of Camiguin is located in the Bohol Sea about 10 kilometers north of Misamis Oriental. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Province of Camiguin Region: Northern Mindanao (Region X) Capital: Mambajao Founded: Population: 2000 census—74,232 (2nd smallest). Density—323 per km˛ (16th highest). Area: 229.8 km˛ (2nd smallest) Divisions: Municipalities—5. Barangays—58. Congressional districts—1. Languages: Cebuano Governor: Pedro P. Romualdo (2001-2004) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 People and Culture 2 Economy 3 Geography 3.1 Political 3.1.1 Municipalities 3.2 Physical 4 History 5 External Links People and Culture Economy Geography Political Camiguin is subdivided into 5 municipalities. Municipalities Catarman Guinsiliban Mahinog Mambajao Sagay Physical History External Links Northern Mindanao: Bukidnon Camiguin Lanao del Norte Misamis Occidental Misamis Oriental.
Cagayan de Oro - the administrative center of the Northern Mindanao region. It is bordered by the province of Bukidnon to the east and south and by the municipality of Manticao, Misamis Oriental to the west. On the north lies Majalajar Bay in the Bohol Sea..
Cebu - Cebu City (which includes Mandaue City and Lapu-Lapu City) is second only to Metro Manila in population. Cebu lies to the east of Negros Island; to the east is Leyte and to the southeast is Bohol province. Cebu is served by Mactan-Cebu International Airport, which is located in Lapu-Lapu City. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Province of Cebu Region: Central Visayas (Region VII) Capital: Cebu City Founded: March 10, 1917 Population: 2000 census—3,356,137 (largest). Density—660 per km˛ (6th highest). Area: 5,088.4 km˛ (19th largest) Divisions: Highly-urbanized Cities—2. Component Cities—4. Municipalities—47. Barangays—1,203. Congressional districts—6, plus the 2 districts of Cebu City. Languages: Cebuano, Ilonggo, Waray, English Governor: Pablo P. Garcia (2001-2004) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 People and Culture 2 Economy 3 Geography 3.1 Political 3.1.1 Cities 3.1.2 Municipalities 3.2 Physical 4 History.
Cebu Strait - Strait Cebu Strait, also known as Bohol Strait, in the Philippines, separates the island provinces of Cebu and Bohol. It connects the western part of Bohol Sea with Camotes Sea. It is a major sealane connecting Cebu City on its northern end with port cities in the south such as Dumaguete City and Cagayan de Oro City. Mactan Island, on the northern end of the same strait has the Mactan International Airport, one of the major airports in the country..
Central Visayas - is designated as Region VII. It is part of the Visayas. It consists of four provinces, namely, Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor. The region demarcates the territory occupied by the native speakers of Cebuano. The regional capital is Cebu City..
Cebuano language - suffix -ano meaning native, of a place, added at the end. Cebuano is given the ISO 639-2 code ceb. Cebuano is spoken natively by the inhabitants of Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental and the people in western Leyte province and northern Mindanao. The language is the second-most spoken language in the Philippines after Tagalog. The dialect used in Bohol is called Boholano and is sometimes considered a separate language. Cebuano is a language with Verb Subject Object sentence order. It uses prepositions rather than postpositions. Nouns come after adjectives, but before genitives or relative phrases. Cebuano has sixteen consonants: p, t, k, ? (the glottal stop), b, d, g, m, n, ng, s, h, w, l, r and y. There are three vowels: i, a, and u/o. The vowels u and o.
Chocolate Hills - Hills The Chocolate Hills are a tourist attraction in Bohol in the Philippines, so called because they turn a brown color similar to that of chocolate in the dry season. There are over 1000 of these symmetrical limestone cones, which were formed by the erosion of deposits from coral. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Sea - 1.2 Atlantic Ocean 1.3 Indian Ocean 1.4 Arctic Ocean 1.5 Southern Ocean 1.6 Landlocked seas 2 Extraterrestrial seas List of seas, divided by ocean Pacific Ocean Bering Sea Gulf of Alaska Sea of Cortez (aka Gulf of California) Sea of Okhotsk Sea of Japan East China Sea South China Sea Sulu Sea Celebes Sea Bohol Sea (aka Mindanao Sea) Philippine Sea Flores Sea Banda Sea Arafura Sea Timor Sea Tasman Sea Yellow Sea Coral Sea Atlantic Ocean Hudson Bay James Bay Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico Sargasso Sea North Sea Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia Irish Sea Mediterranean Sea Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea Black Sea Sea of Azov Ionian Sea Ligurian Sea Mirtoon Sea Tyrrhenian Sea Gulf of Sidra Sea of Marmara Sea of Crete.
