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Quiniluban
The Quiniluban Group is a group of islands in Palawan Province of the Philippines situated between the islands of Palawan and Panay in the Sulu Sea. The group is the northernmost in the Cuyo Archipelago, consisting of several islands and rocks. The easternmost of which is a circular group of islands surrounded by reef about in diameter. The largest of the circular group is Quiniluban Island. The island group also includes the upscale resort island of Pamican located about southwest of the circular group, and Manamoc Island located further southwest of Pamilacan. These mostly hilly islands are of limestone formation, have no permanent streams, and very little wood, but are covered with tall grass. Most of its inhabitants live along the coast, and there is some cultivation on the larger islands.U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1921)"United States Coast Pilot: Philippine islands: Part 2" pp. 33-34. Government Printing Office, Washington. The island group is under the jurisdiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiniluban Island Group Map
The Quiniluban Group is a group of islands in Palawan Province of the Philippines situated between the islands of Palawan and Panay in the Sulu Sea. The group is the northernmost in the Cuyo Archipelago, consisting of several islands and rocks. The easternmost of which is a circular group of islands surrounded by reef about in diameter. The largest of the circular group is Quiniluban Island. The island group also includes the upscale resort island of Pamican located about southwest of the circular group, and Manamoc Island located further southwest of Pamilacan. These mostly hilly islands are of limestone formation, have no permanent streams, and very little wood, but are covered with tall grass. Most of its inhabitants live along the coast, and there is some cultivation on the larger islands.U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1921)"United States Coast Pilot: Philippine islands: Part 2" pp. 33-34. Government Printing Office, Washington. The island group is under the jurisdictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuyo Archipelago
The Cuyo Archipelago or Cuyo Islands, is a group of about 45 islands lying to the northeast of the Philippine island of Palawan.''Traveler's Companion Philippines 1998'' p.214 Kirsten Ellis, Globe Pequot Press Globe Pequot, 1998 It lies south of Mindoro and between Northern Palawan and Panay. It is centered on the largest island of the archipelago, Cuyo Island, with an area of and is about long. The 45 islands and islets of the archipelago form a total land area of . Cuyo is divided into two island groups. To the north is the Quiniluban group. To the south is the Cuyo group, where the centers of the three municipalities namely Cuyo, Agutaya, and Magsaysay are located. Geologically, the islands are related to the main island of Palawan. They are positioned on the western edge of the Luzon Arc. Cuyo island is volcanic. The northern islands of Quiniluban seem to be uplifted coral atolls, although the heights of some of the peaks strongly suggest volcanic uplift. There have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamalican Island
Pamalican Island, also known as Pamalikan, is a small and sandy island of the Cuyo Islands in the Sulu Sea, between Palawan and Panay, in the north part of the Palawan Province of the Philippines. The island is set in the middle of a coral reef. It has a length of , and measures only at its widest point. Pamalican can be found 7 miles southwest of Quiniluban island and 3 miles northeast of Manamoc island. The island was originally exploited as a struggling family-owned plantation. It was then purchased by Andrés Soriano Jr., a successful businessman. His children then decided to build a resort on the island and leased the management responsibility to establish an exclusive resort. The island is private property and belongs in totality to 7 Seas Resort (owned by the Sorianos). It is part of the high-end resort group, Aman Resorts, under the name '' Amanpulo''. About 40% of the employees are from the neighbouring Manamoc island. The island is serviced by Dornier 228-20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manamoc Island
Manamoc is an island-barangay in the Sulu Sea, in the northeastern part of the province of Palawan in the Philippines. It is a part of the Quiniluban group of islands of the Cuyo Archipelago between the islands of Palawan and Panay. Geography Manamoc, like most of the islands of Cuyo, is of volcanic origin. The almost circular island has a diameter of about 1 3/4 mi (3.8 km) and has a total land area of 1,275 acres (516 hectares). It is surrounded by coral reefs and abundant marine life. A break in the reef permits boat to enter the lagoon in the southwestern part of the island. This lagoon has about 3 feet of water at low tide.U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, "U.S. Coast Pilot, Philippine Islands, Volume 2". Washington Government Printing Office, 1922. The highest point of the island is Mt. English which is about 220 m (721 feet) and is open for trekking. Economy The island is essentially supported by fishing, seaweed cultivation and farmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Islands Of The Philippines
The islands of the Philippines, also known as the Philippine Archipelago, comprises about 7,641 islands, of which only about 2,000 are inhabited.Magical Islands , Philippine Tourism, retrieved 2012 More than 5,000 islands of the archipelago are yet to be given official names. They are clustered into the three major island groups of , , and |
Agutaya, Palawan
Agutaya, officially the Municipality of Agutaya ( tgl, Bayan ng Agutaya), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,867 people. An island municipality, it is the eastern part of the Cuyo Archipelago in the Sulu Sea, and the municipality covers several islands, including its namesake Agutaya Island, which is the second largest island of the Cuyo archipelago, as well as Diit, Halog, Maracanao, Matarawis (also spelled Matarabis), Eke, and Quiniluban islands. Geography Agutaya Island is the second largest of the Cuyo group with an area of about . The north-eastern part is hilly. Four peaks tower over the island. The middle and highest of the four peaks, high, is covered with cogon grass ( Imperata arundinacea), the others being wooded.''United States coast pilot, Philippine islands, Vol 2'' Govt. print. off., 1921 p.35 Native sailboats used to be unable to sail to and from the nearby island of Cuy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agutaya
Agutaya, officially the Municipality of Agutaya ( tgl, Bayan ng Agutaya), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,867 people. An island municipality, it is the eastern part of the Cuyo Archipelago in the Sulu Sea, and the municipality covers several islands, including its namesake Agutaya Island, which is the second largest island of the Cuyo archipelago, as well as Diit, Halog, Maracanao, Matarawis (also spelled Matarabis), Eke, and Quiniluban islands. Geography Agutaya Island is the second largest of the Cuyo group with an area of about . The north-eastern part is hilly. Four peaks tower over the island. The middle and highest of the four peaks, high, is covered with cogon grass ( Imperata arundinacea), the others being wooded.''United States coast pilot, Philippine islands, Vol 2'' Govt. print. off., 1921 p.35 Native sailboats used to be unable to sail to and from the nearby island of Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agutaya Island
Agutaya, officially the Municipality of Agutaya ( tgl, Bayan ng Agutaya), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,867 people. An island municipality, it is the eastern part of the Cuyo Archipelago in the Sulu Sea, and the municipality covers several islands, including its namesake Agutaya Island, which is the second largest island of the Cuyo archipelago, as well as Diit, Halog, Maracanao, Matarawis (also spelled Matarabis), Eke, and Quiniluban islands. Geography Agutaya Island is the second largest of the Cuyo group with an area of about . The north-eastern part is hilly. Four peaks tower over the island. The middle and highest of the four peaks, high, is covered with cogon grass ( Imperata arundinacea), the others being wooded.''United States coast pilot, Philippine islands, Vol 2'' Govt. print. off., 1921 p.35 Native sailboats used to be unable to sail to and from the nearby island of Cuy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of The Philippines
In the Philippines, provinces ( fil, lalawigan) are one of its primary political and administrative divisions. There are 82 provinces at present, which are further subdivided into component cities and municipalities. The local government units in the National Capital Region, as well as independent cities, are independent of any provincial government. Each province is governed by an elected legislature called the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and an elected governor. The provinces are grouped into seventeen regions based on geographical, cultural, and ethnological characteristics. Thirteen of these regions are numerically designated from north to south, while the National Capital Region, the Cordillera Administrative Region, the Southwestern Tagalog Region, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao are only designated by acronyms. Each province is a member of the League of Provinces of the Philippines, an organization which aims to address issues affecting provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palawan
Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of . The capital city is Puerto Princesa. Palawan is known as the Philippines' ''Last Frontier'' and as the Philippines' ''Best Island''. The islands of Palawan stretch between Mindoro island in the northeast and Borneo in the southwest. It lies between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. The province is named after its largest island, Palawan Island (), measuring long, and wide."Palawan – the Philippines' Last Frontier" ''WowPhilippines''. Accessed August 27, 2008. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of The Philippines
A municipality ( tl, bayan/munisipalidad; hil, banwa; ceb, lungsod/munisipalidad/munisipyo; pag, baley; pam, balen/balayan; bcl, banwaan; war, bungto/munisipyo; ilo, ili) is a local government unit (LGU) in the Philippines. It is distinct from ''city'', which is a different category of local government unit. Provinces of the Philippines are divided into cities and municipalities, which in turn, are divided into barangays (formerly barrios) – ''villages''. , there are 1,488 municipalities across the country. A municipality is the official term for, and the official local equivalent of, a town, the latter being its archaic term and in all of its literal local translations including Filipino. Both terms are interchangeable. A municipal district is a now-defunct local government unit; previously certain areas were created first as municipal districts before they were converted into municipalities. History The era of the formation of municipalities in the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republika sang Filipinas * ibg, Republika nat Filipinas * ilo, Republika ti Filipinas * ivv, Republika nu Filipinas * pam, Republika ning Filipinas * krj, Republika kang Pilipinas * mdh, Republika nu Pilipinas * mrw, Republika a Pilipinas * pag, Republika na Filipinas * xsb, Republika nin Pilipinas * sgd, Republika nan Pilipinas * tgl, Republika ng Pilipinas * tsg, Republika sin Pilipinas * war, Republika han Pilipinas * yka, Republika si Pilipinas In the recognized optional languages of the Philippines: * es, República de las Filipinas * ar, جمهورية الفلبين, Jumhūriyyat al-Filibbīn is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
