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Originally, El Hombre Dorado ("The Golden Man") or El Rey Dorado ("The Golden King"), was the term used by the Spanish in the 16th century to describe a mythical tribal chief (zipa) or king of the Muisca people, an indigenous people of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense of Colombia, who as an initiation rite, covered himself with gold dust and ...
Diego López de Medrano y Hurtado de Mendoza (XIV century – 15th century) was a noble from the House of Medrano in La Rioja during the successive reigns of John I of Castile, Henry III of Castile and John II of Castile. Diego was a royal ambassador, lawyer and Lord of Agoncillo, Velilla and San Martín de Berberana in the Kingdom of Castile ...
Muisca raft. The Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca in Spanish), sometimes referred to as the Golden Raft of El Dorado, is a pre-Columbian votive piece created by the Muisca, an indigenous people of Colombia in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The piece probably refers to the gold offering ceremony described in the legend of El Dorado, which ...
El Dorado (English: The Golden, Spanish: [el̪ d̪oˈɾa.ð̞o]) is the eleventh studio album by Colombian singer Shakira, released on 26 May 2017, by Sony Music Latin.The album is mainly sung in Spanish, with three songs in English.
Joaquin Murrieta Carrillo (sometimes misspelled Murieta or Murietta) (c. 1829 – July 25, 1853), also called the Robin Hood of the West or the Robin Hood of El Dorado, was a Mexican figure of disputed historicity. The novel The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta: The Celebrated California Bandit (1854) by John Rollin Ridge is ostensibly ...
The Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. [1]
Poverty incidence of Agoncillo 5 10 15 20 2006 19.30 2009 15.36 2012 16.17 2015 11.78 2018 12.50 2021 8.29 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Government Local government Main article: Sangguniang Bayan The current set of local government officials were elected in 2022 and their term will expire in 2025. The municipal mayor is Atty. Cinderella Reyes, while the vice mayor is Daniel Reyes ...
2016 Batangas gubernatorial election. Local elections were held in Batangas on May 9, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and for the six districts of Batangas.