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  Isabela - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Isabela is a province of the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon.
Isabela comprises an aggregate land area of 10,665 square kilometers, representing almost 40 percent of the regional territory.
Isabela today is the premier province of the north, one of the more progressive in the country and Santiago, the commercial center of Region 02 has been declared an independent city last July 7, 1994.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isabela   (742 words)

  
 The Provincial Profile of Isabela
The largest province in northern Luzon, Isabela is the rice granary of the region.
In 1797, the town of Ilagan (in central Isabela) was authorized to cultivate tobacco for the monopoly.
Isabela's workforce is young and highly literate and is supported by ten educational institutions and a variety of technical and vocational schools.
www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/isabela.htm   (1372 words)

  
 Isabela, Puerto Rico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is known as the "Jardín del Noroeste," the "Garden of the Northwest," because of the many wild flowers in its landscape; el "Pueblo de los Quesitos de Hoja", the "town of Leaf Cheeses," (a typical fresh white cheese wrapped in banana plant leaves), because its residents were famous for producing the island's best.
One of Isabela's main industries is tourism, because it's a coastal city with several beautiful beaches.
It could be said that Isabela is a hybrid town of sorts, with the rarity of being a coastline city that has beaches but is also known for its mountains.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isabela,_Puerto_Rico   (555 words)

  
 Background to Project Isabela in the Galapagos Islands
Isabela is the largest island of the Galapagos with a surface area of 458,812 hectares (somewhat sea-horse shaped, roughly 150km / 95 miles long by 25km/16 miles wide on average) - it is larger than all other Galapagos islands put together.
Isabela is divided equally into two distinct halves separated by the Perry Isthmus, which consists of a 12 km wide lava field.
Until the arrival of goats, northern Isabela may have been among the last places on Earth where the dominant grazers of vegetation were large reptiles, as was the case 65 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs.
www.gct.org /project2.html   (535 words)

  
 Pleasure of Isabela
What matters is how Isabela triumphs in providing the experience of truly good food, the wonder and surprise of savoring flavors, both strange and familiar, that are incongruous, yet (you learn by the tasting) meant to be together.
Isabela captures all the beauty and romance of stealing away to a place where "slowly" is the expectation, and a word sweetened by the fact that dining out is an ideal suspension of time.
Isabela's interior is spare and blond, with a tiny downstairs dining room and a larger one upstairs, with an open kitchen at the back and a sweeping panorama of Downtown Pittsburgh at front.
www.post-gazette.com /dining/20020510dine2.asp   (885 words)

  
 Isabela   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Isabela was a freighter launched in 1911 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Va.; transferred to the Navy from USSB 9 April 1918; and commissioned 12 April 1918, Lt. Comdr.
Isabela made a total of three voyages to France prior to the signing of the Armistice 11 November 1918.
Isabela arrived Baltimore 27 January, decommissioned 14 February 1919, and was returned to USSB for return to her owner the New York and Porto Rico S.S. Co.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/i3/isabela.htm   (186 words)

  
 Isabela   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The current economic activities of the Isabela residents are fishing and tourism.
The largest of the Galapagos, Isabela is a relatively young island composed of three volcanoes whose lava flows have merged.
Isabela has the highest peak in the Galapagos, and parts of the island's volcanic slopes are very thick with verdant forest.
www.hackingfamily.com /Landfalls/Ecuador/isabela.htm   (1489 words)

  
 WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Isabela, the biggest province in the Cagayan Valley Region, is now one of the premier provinces of the north.
Cauayan City, the trading center in Isabela, is also a component city ratified in a majority vote on March 30, 2001.
Isabela is acknowledged as the hub of trade and commercial activities in the region due to its central location in the region.
www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=6   (536 words)

  
 Project Isabela in the Galapagos Islands
Project Isabela is a long-term ecological restoration initiative being carried out on northern Isabela island, the largest block of relatively non-disturbed land in the Galapagos archipelago.
Isabela island is the largest in the Galapagos archipelago and contains the greatest diversity of endemic plants and animals.
For this reason, Isabela island's ecosystems, though unusually intact compared to those of other large islands in the Galapagos, face the greatest incremental threats over the next ten to fifteen years, as the introduced goats establish themselves.
www.gct.org /project1.html   (705 words)

  
 The Isabela project: Ambitious work of ecological restoration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Isabela Project is a bi-institutional effort between the CDF and the GNPS, financed by Friends of Galapagos, the GNPS, the Global Environment Fund, USAID, and other donors.
Isabela, the largest island in the Archipelago, has the largest concentration of endemic species in Galapagos, and approximately 50% of the population of giant tortoises lives on northern Isabela.
The Isabela Project hunters are the most specialized in Galapagos, since they have worked for years helping the CDRS and the GNPS in projects to control introduced species.
www.darwinfoundation.org /Ourwork/terrest/t9.html   (528 words)

  
 Isabela II itineraries
Transfer from the airport to Yacht ISABELA II that is docked in the Bay.
On the northwest of Isabela, secluded Tagus Cove was in past centuries a favorite anchor for pirates and whalers.
Darwin is one of Isabela's six volcanoes, a remarkable contrast to the lower islands to the east of the archipelago.
www.galapagoscruises.us /cruises/isabelaII/isabela_itinerary.htm   (916 words)

  
 Isabela II
Isabela II, exclusive to 40 Tauck guests, is considered one of the most luxurious expeditionary-style yachts cruising the Galapagos, as well as one of the largest.
Sleek in style, Isabela II is fully air-conditioned, offering many of the amenities of a larger vessel including bar-salon, dining room, lounge, reading room, boutique, and a library containing a variety of books on the Galapagos as well as nature and conservation-themed videos.
Isabela II has three decks, Main, Cabin and Sun; the Sun Deck features a bar with deck chairs for outdoor seating, an observation deck for watching wildlife, a Jacuzzi, and a solarium.
www.tauck.com /docs/isabela.htm   (356 words)

  
 Project Isabela in the Galapagos Islands
Project Isabela is a world class campaign to protect native animals and plants from invasive species on the island and restore the biodiversity of Northern Isabela Island.
In just 13 days and 104 hours of flying time this month, comprehensive grid patterns were flown over Ecuador, Wolf and the northern slopes of Darwin volcanoes where variable densities of goats were encountered, with a 90 to 100% removal of animals in the areas worked.
Thanks to the Santiago experience, work on Northern Isabela is now well ahead of schedule, raising confidence levels to new heights for the ecological restoration of these extraordinary volcanoes, where flight crews report seeing large numbers of giant tortoises and land iguanas in rarely visited areas.
www.gct.org /isabela1.html   (416 words)

  
 The Cervantine Subtext in Góngora's Las firmezas de Isabela, by María Cristina Quintero
Isabela is engaged to be married to Lelio, the son of Galeazo, Octavio's business associate in Seville.
Lelio/Camilo, while returning Isabela's love, believes her love for someone socially beneath her (Camilo) represents a betrayal of her betrothed's (Lelio's) honor (although he is one and the same person).
Isabela herself becomes a formidable playwright and actress, assuming a mask in order to both prove her constancy and force Camilo to admit the error of his ways.
www.h-net.msu.edu /~cervantes/csa/articf91/quintero.htm   (4027 words)

  
 'Feast' on multiple courses at Isabela on Grandview - PittsburghLIVE.com
Patrons at Isabela on Grandview can enjoy their companions and elegant food from a menu that simplifies some of the details of dining out -- in particular, their dinner choices.
Isabela on Grandview opened about two years ago, after Chris Passodelis of Mt. Lebanon bought the former house and transformed it into a restaurant.
"Isabela is the culmination of a lot of people's dreams," says Olteanu, who says she makes an effort to know every patron so that they become regulars.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/style/fooddrink/cookingclass/s_203557.html   (1061 words)

  
 Galapagos Islands Maps - Isabela Island map image and information
Isabela Island is by far the biggest island of the Galapagos—bigger than all the other islands combined.
However, a recent program to eliminate the tens of thousands of wild goats that plague the area has left huge numbers of carcasses on the slopes and so visitors are no longer permitted on Alcedo.
It erupted for several weeks late 1999, threatening several populations of giant tortoises that were airlifted to safety at the research center in Puerto Villamil.
www.junglephotos.com /galapagos/gmaps/virtualtour/isabelamap.shtml   (561 words)

  
 As Yet Untitled...: Isabela's Fonda, Sacramento   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Isabela's Fonda, located in downtown Sacramento, serves up an eclectic mix of Italian and Mexican food.
Isabela’s is located in a non-descript building that looks to have housed a playhouse in some former life.
It’s not a pretty neighborhood and with its location between J and L on 21st street, I can’t help that but think that’s its 1 or 2 blocks away from being in a “sheik” location.
www.markcosy.com /blog/2005/09/isabelas_fonda_sacramento.html   (671 words)

  
 AMAR POR RAZÓN DE ESTADO
He explains to her that he knows from Isabela that Enrique has been Leonora's lover, and that he is going to punish Enrique, who is not of high enough station for her.
Leonora accuses Isabela of being jealous, repeating that Ludovico is really her lover, that he does not deny it and he has the Duke's sword.
Isabela and Ludovico meet, and when he speaks to her of the ladder, she does not know what he is talking about.
www.trinity.edu /mstroud/tirso/AmarRE.html   (1403 words)

  
 Isabela Philippines Online
There are only two cities in Isabela Santiago and Cauayan, it's good to hear that Cauayan City is improving, but what happened to Santiago City, do you know the reasons why.
But the best thing that I can say to Isabela is that it is the place where educating people is very good because I am a product of the place, and now I'm sharing this knowledge to other parts of the country.
It covers a total land area of 30,000 square meters and will be built with airconditioned restaurant, vacation cottages, two swimming pools, a four-hole fishpond stocked with tilapia and catfish, a botanical garden and ample seminar and conference facilities.
www.da-isabela.com   (648 words)

  
 Sun.Star Zamboanga - Abu Sayyaf chief sighted in Isabela abode
The village of Tabuk, a few kilometers away from the commercial center of Isabela City, is known as the home-place of the Janjalanis.
The army officer said based on their intelligence source, Janjalani was monitored to have sneaked into Isabela last October before he returned to Central Mindanao, his present known lair where he operates with an elite group.
One of their favorite spots is the world-class white sand beach of Malamawi island in Isabela according to him.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/zam/2004/11/06/news/abu.sayyaf.chief.sighted.in.isabela.abode.html   (416 words)

  
 da-isabela.com :: tourism
Ana in Cagayan and Baler in Aurora Province, and trekking from San Mariano, Cauayan and Ilagan in Isabela.
It is now as famous as the Shrine of Piat Basilica Minore as it comes alive in July every year when religious pilgrims come to offer prayers of thanks and to ask for another year of good fortune.
San Pablo, the oldest town of Isabela, was founded by Padre de Sto.
www.da-isabela.com /tourism.html   (823 words)

  
 Isabela farmers offered aid in hybrid rice - Apr. 15, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
"The second district of Isabela, the municipality of Roxas in particular, has become a center for producing hybrid rice seeds which the farmers plant in their fields," Calderon said.
Calderon, a three-term mayor of Roxas, said hybrid seeds being produced in the second district of Isabela are being sold as far as Mindanao to support the growing number of farmers who are now planting hybrid rice.
Dy and Calderon said they will make sure Isabela played a big part in realizing the country's plan to be self-sufficient in rice production.
www.inq7.net /reg/2004/apr/15/reg_5-1.htm   (329 words)

  
 Isabela Vacation Rentals, Isabela Hotels, and Isabela Bed and Breakfasts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Isabela PR - Western Coast of Puerto Rico
Located in Isabela, with easy access from airports in Aguadilla (5 minutes) or San Juan (90 minutes) or from any other point in the island with more than 70 daily direct flights from the US.
Rincon PR is a corner of paradise, with emerald hills that overlook golden beaches and crystal waters, where the sun...Wh...
isabela.rentalo.com /rentals.html   (884 words)

  
 Isabela's Dreams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Isabela Santana is a firm believer in her dreams coming true so as she gazes at her lover while he sleeps, she knows he will betray her with another woman.
Seven years later, Isabela is to embark on an archaeology assignment in Honduras.
Isabela can not stop him from joining her team but she will not fall for him again.
www.angelfire.com /fl2/ebenway2/Isabelasdreams.html   (222 words)

  
 Contrasting View: Columbus And Isabela Are Pretty Good Role Models
Isabela and Columbus were recently discussed by Jeffrey Bell in Space Daily.
Dinkin, "Queen Isabela was not the sole funder of C's voyages.
Suppose Isabela had been given a copy of Bell's article that said that 90% of Native Americans would die, and Europe would be raked by syphilis if Columbus is sent.
www.spacedaily.com /news/oped-04q.html   (1429 words)

  
 Seven-course meals heart of Isabela on Grandview - PittsburghLIVE.com
Isabela on Grandview is an easy restaurant to miss if you are unfamiliar with the territory on Mt. Washington.
Isabela has been in the spotlight since its opening.
It was in the finals for best restaurant and chef of the year in 2002 by Pittsburgh magazine, and was featured in Bon Appetit magazine's July 2002 issue, along with La Foret and Bellini restaurants.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/search/s_116702.html   (1294 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Isabela, ruins, Dominican Republic (Dominican History) - Encyclopedia
Isabela[EsAbA´lA] Pronunciation Key, ruins of a town on the north shore of Hispaniola, in the Dominican Republic, at the base of Cape Isabela.
Believed to have been founded by Columbus (c.1494), it was one of the first Spanish settlements in the New World.
More articles from AllRefer Reference on Isabela, ruins, Dominican Republic
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/I/IsabelaDR.html   (159 words)

  
 Sun.Star Bacolod - 500 'twins' voted in Isabela, fraud eyed
The documents, Espina said, were already brought to Manila to be presented before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for proper filing of electoral protest.
Original copies are in the possession of Francis Yulo, a defeated vice mayoral candidate in Isabela, who promised to reveal these documents to the public Tuesday.
Isabela's reelected Mayor Renato Malabor, on the other hand, denied such reports and said if there is somebody who needs to answer this, it is their town election registrar.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/bac/2004/05/25/news/500.twins.voted.in.isabela.fraud.eyed.html   (713 words)

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