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Bulacan, officially the Province of Bulacan (Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Bulacan; Kapampangan: Lalawigan ning Bulacan; Southern Alta: Lalawigan na Bulacan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the city of Malolos. Bulacan was established on August 15, 1578, and part of the Metro Luzon Urban Beltway ...
Much of the culture found in this region can be traced back to the Inca Empire. Quechua is still spoken as a second language in many of these regions. Gaucho regions – Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil. The culture of these regions were heavily influenced by the South American cowboy, known as the gaucho.
Poverty incidence of Central Luzon 2.5 5 7.5 10 12.5 15 2006 13.08 2009 13.69 2012 12.95 2015 10.53 2018 7.04 2021 8.30 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Gallery Baler, Aurora Gapan, Nueva Ecija Macabebe, Pampanga Pandi, Bulacan Tarlac City Notable people Main articles: Aurora (province) § Notable people, Bataan § Notable people, List of people from Bulacan, Nueva Ecija § Notable ...
The earliest archeological evidence human habitation in the Philippines archipelago is the 40,000-year-old Tabon Man of Palawan and the Angono Petroglyphs in Rizal. [1] By 1000 B.C. the inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago had developed into four distinct kinds of peoples: tribal groups who depended on hunter-gathering and were concentrated in forests; warrior societies who practiced ...
Poverty incidence of Bulakan 2.5 5 7.5 10 12.5 15 2006 5.20 2009 3.63 2012 5.70 2015 6.17 2018 4.00 2021 12.04 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The New Manila International Airport is being proposed to be built somewhere in the coastlines of the municipality with target completion and commencement of operations in 2027. Government Local government Main article: Sangguniang Bayan Bulakan ...
Ibero-America—the region of the Americas having significant historical, linguistic, and cultural links to Spain or Portugal (both on the Iberian Peninsula), i.e., Hispanophone and Lusophone. Hispanic America (also Spanish America)—those countries inhabited by Spanish-speaking populations. [22] French America—the Francophone region.
Since then, with the supervision of the American administrators, San Rafael has enjoyed the education and the progress which was denied to them during the three–century rule of the Spaniards. In 1899, the Americans incorporated the town to Baliuag when the latter was intended to be the new provincial capital of Bulacan. However, due to a ...
Latin America is often used synonymously with Ibero-America ("Iberian America"), where the populations speak Spanish or Portuguese and the dominant religion is Roman Catholic. Puerto Rico , the Spanish-speaking Caribbean territory of the United States, acquired from the Spanish Empire following its defeat in the 1898 Spanish American War , is ...