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Luis Dato
Luis Guevara Dato (4 July 1906 – 29 January 1985) was a Filipino poet, writer, educator and politician from Baao, Camarines Sur. He was one of the first Filipinos to write and publish works in English. Among his poems are "The Spouse", "Day on the Farm" and "Among the Hills". In 1927, his "Mi Ultimo Pensamiento" was the first good English translation, in rhymes, of José Rizal's "Mi último adiós". Family Luis was the third child of Eugenio Dato y Esplana and Barbara Guevara y Imperial. His siblings were: Francisca Dato Flores; Rodolfo Dato (former Dean of the University of Nueva Caceres and edited the anthology  '' Filipino Poetry'' in 1924); Soledad "''Choleng''" Dato Hidalgo (one of the senior editors of ''Bikolana'' magazine published in Naga City in the late 70s; and Pablo Dato. He married Cristeta Imperial y Bañaga. They had eight children: Vicente, Reynaldo, Myrna, Greta, Eugenio, Yolanda, Armi and Barbara. Education Dato attended high school from 1923 to 192 ...
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Baao, Camarines Sur
Baao, officially the Municipality of Baao (Rinconada Bikol: ''Banwāan ka Baao''; Tagalog: ''Bayan ng Baao)'' is 1st class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,493 people. The municipality of Baao is within the 5th Congressional District of the province of Camarines Sur. The town is bounded on the north by the municipalities of Pili and Ocampo, on the east by the city of Iriga, on the west by Bula, and south by the municipality Nabua. Baao is from Pili and from Manila. Geography Barangays Baao is politically subdivided into 30 barangays. Climate Demographics In the 2020 census, the population of Baao, Camarines Sur, was 61,493 people, with a density of . As of 2020 50,419 or 82% of people lived in urban areas while the remaining 11,074 18% people live in rural areas. Language Rinconada Bikol is the main language of the population. Baaoeños used the Baao variant, a lowland dialect ...
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