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Oreophryne anulata is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to the Philippines [2] and is known from Mindanao, Biliran, Siargao, and Leyte; it probably occurs in some smaller, intervening islands too. [1] Common names Mindanao cross frog [1] and Davao cross frog have been proposed for it; [2] the latter in apparent ...
Magellan's Cross Pavilion is a stone kiosk in Cebu City, Philippines.The structure is situated on Plaza Sugbo beside the Basilica del Santo Niño. [1] It houses a Christian cross that was planted by explorers of the Spanish expedition of the first circumnavigation of the world, led by Ferdinand Magellan, upon arriving in Cebu in the Philippines on April 21, 1521.
The first documented Catholic Mass in the Philippines was held on March 31, 1521, Easter Sunday. It was conducted by Father Pedro de Valderrama of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition along the shores of what was referred to in the journals of Antonio Pigafetta as "Mazaua". Today, this site is widely believed by many historians and the government to ...
Website. www.magallanesadn.gov.ph. Magallanes, officially the Municipality of Magallanes (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Magallanes; Tagalog: Bayan ng Magallanes), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Agusan del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 22,293 people. [ 4 ]
Mindanao (/ ˌ m ɪ n d ə ˈ n aʊ / ⓘ MIN-də-NOW) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of the same name that also includes its adjacent islands, notably the Sulu Archipelago.
Surigao del Norte is the second northernmost of the Mindanao provinces and is an important commerce and transportation hub between Visayas and Mindanao. Numerous ferries cross the Surigao Strait between Surigao and the island of Leyte transporting vehicles, cargoes, and passengers between Liloan in Southern Leyte and Surigao City.
Sunni Islam [ 3 ] The Moro people or Bangsamoro people are the 13 Muslim-majority ethnolinguistic Austronesian groups of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan, native to the region known as the Bangsamoro (lit. Moro nation or Moro country). [ 4 ] As Muslim-majority ethnic groups, they form the largest non- Christian population in the Philippines, [ 5 ...
The siege of Marawi (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Marawi), [32] [33] also known as the Marawi crisis (Krisis sa Marawi) [34] and the Battle of Marawi (Labanan sa Marawi), was a five-month-long armed conflict in Marawi, Philippines, that started on May 23, 2017, between Philippine government security forces against militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS), including the Maute and Abu Sayyaf ...