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Narra, officially the Municipality of Narra (Tagalog: Bayan ng Narra), is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 77,948 people. [3] Having a title as "The Rice Granary of Palawan" Municipality of Narra is the main rice producer of the Province of Palawan.
Aside from those stated symbols in the Constitution and in Republic Act 8491, there are only six official national symbols of the Philippines enacted through law, namely sampaguita as national flower, narra as national tree, the Philippine eagle as national bird, Philippine pearl as national gem, arnis as national martial art and sport and the ...
There are more than 42,000 known major and minor festivals in the Philippines, the majority of which are in the barangay (village) level. Due to the thousands of town, city, provincial, national, and village fiestas in the country, the Philippines has traditionally been known as the Capital of the World's Festivities.
The Burnham Green, named after American architect Daniel Burnham is a large open space in front of the Quirino grandstand, Designed to accommodate large crowd gatherings at the park, It also serves as picnic grounds and venue for different sports activities. The Narra tree planted by Pope Paul VI and the bronze statue of San Lorenzo Ruiz that ...
Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra [3] (from Tagalog [4]) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of Pterocarpus of the Sweet Pea Family (Papilionaceae) native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in ...
[2] [3] Most species of Pterocarpus yield valuable timber traded as padauk (or padouk), usually pronounced / p ə ˈ d uː k / or / ˈ p æ d ˌ oʊ k /; [4] other common names are mukwa or narra. The west African species may be traded as African rosewood. [5] P. santalinus also yields the most precious red sandalwood in China known as Zitan.
Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival - a film festival held annually in at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex which features independent films. Pasig Day - Araw ng Pasig , it is a grand celebration of the Pasig day highlighted by different activities like the Mutya ng Pasig Pageant and Dancing Parade.
In 1998, the building was converted into the National Museum of Anthropology. The Legislative Building was converted into the National Museum of Fine Arts in 2000. [6] The Tourism Building would later become the National Museum of Natural History. In 2013, preparations were commenced to have the building host the National Museum of Natural History.