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  2. Indigenous peoples of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines has 110 enthnolinguistic groups comprising the Philippines' indigenous peoples; as of 2010, these groups numbered at around 14–17 million persons. [2] Austronesians make up the overwhelming majority, while full or partial Negritos scattered throughout the archipelago. The highland Austronesians and Negrito have co-existed with ...

  3. Mac Cana - Wikipedia

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    The Mac Cana or Maccan [1] were a Gaelic Irish clan who held lands in Clancann and Clanbrasil in what is now northern County Armagh, and had the title of 'Lords of Clanbrasil'. It is the origin of the surname McCann and Maccan .

  4. Ethnic groups in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines was a former American colony and during the American colonial era, there were over 800,000 Americans who were born in the Philippines. [54] As of 2013, there were 220,000 to 600,000 American citizens living in the country. [55] There are also 250,000 Amerasians scattered across the cities of Angeles City, Manila, and Olongapo. [56]

  5. Maguindanao people - Wikipedia

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    The word Maguindanao or Magindanaw means "people of the flood plains", from the word Magi'inged that means "people or citizen" and danaw that means "lake or marsh". Thus Maguindanao or Magindanaw can also be translated as "people of the lake", identical to their close neighbors, the Maranao and Iranun.

  6. History of Basilan - Wikipedia

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    The lighter-skinned and relatively slimmer and taller "Indones" communities eventually became the ancestors of modern-day indigenous Philippine tribes populating nearly the entire Philippine archipelago, the modern-day Lumads of the Philippines, and it is likewise believed that the Yakans were descended from this same population grouping.

  7. Mactan - Wikipedia

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    Apart from the airport, today the island is known for its industrial factories, which are some of the most successful industrial ventures in the Philippines. Many of them are located at the Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ), an industrial tax-free zone opened in 1979 that includes over 35 business ventures, about 50 percent of which are ...

  8. Moro people - Wikipedia

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    This initiated the modern Moro conflict in the Philippines, which still persists, and has since deepened the fractures between Muslims, Christians, and people of other religions. The MNLF is the only recognized representative organization for the Muslims of the Philippines by the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

  9. Maguindanao language - Wikipedia

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    The earliest works on the language by a European were carried out by Jacinto Juanmartí, a Catalan priest of the Society of Jesus who worked in the Philippines in the second half of the 19th century. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Aside from a number of Christian religious works in the language, [ 6 ] Juanmartí also published a Maguindanao–Spanish/Spanish ...