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Poblacion (literally "town" or "settlement" in Spanish; locally [pobläˈʃo̞n]) is the common term used for the administrative center, central, downtown, old town or central business district area of a Philippine city or municipality, which may take up the area of a single barangay or multiple barangays. It is sometimes shortened to Pob.
Assuming an airplane with infinite energy and resources, if one were to fly from one start location to any location on land and back again, and repeat this from the same start location to all possible destinations, the starting location where the total travel distance is the smallest would be the geographical centre of Earth.
The location of anatomical structures can also be described in relation to different anatomical landmarks. They are used in anatomy, surface anatomy, surgery, and radiology. [45] Structures may be described as being at the level of a specific spinal vertebra, depending on the section of the vertebral column the structure is at. [45]
Like the Italian piazza and the Portuguese praça, the plaza remains a center of community life that is only equaled by the market-place. A plaza de toros is a bullring. Shopping centers may incorporate 'plaza' into their names, and plaza comercial is used in some countries as a synonym for centro comercial i.e. "shopping center". [16]
In geography, the centroid of the two-dimensional shape of a region of the Earth's surface (projected radially to sea level or onto a geoid surface) is known as its geographic centre or geographical centre or (less commonly) gravitational centre.
the mean center, also known as the centroid or center of gravity; the median center, which is the intersection of the median longitude and median latitude; the geometric median, also known as Weber point, Fermat–Weber point, or point of minimum aggregate travel. A further complication is caused by the curved shape of the Earth.
The Oxford English Dictionary's first citation for "down town" or "downtown" dates to 1770, in reference to the center of Boston. [6] Some have posited that the term "downtown" was coined in New York City, where it was in use by the 1830s to refer to the original settlement, or town, at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan. [7]
Usually smaller than the forwards or center. Most common division is between point guards (playmakers) and shooting guards (more often score-first). military division used to help the country after a disaster. in (American) football, one of two offensive positions on either side of the center or a defensive position across from the center (nose ...