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  Metro Manila - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The upper house of the legislature (Senate of the Philippines) is located in Pasay City, and the lower house (Congress of the Philippines) in Quezon City.
Manila was first founded in June 24, 1571 by three Spanish conquistadors, led by Martín de Goiti, Juan de Salcedo and Miguel López de Legazpi.
The capital of the Province was Intramuros, then itself called and considered to be Manila, a walled city located along the banks of Pasig River and Manila Bay in the present Manila.
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He was taken to San Carlos near San Vicente in the Big Bend, and held captive for about a year until he managed to escape.
Although his 900-mile march was without incident, his forces arrived at Saltillo in time to join Taylor in one of the major battles of the war, the Battle of Buena Vista.
Pingenot: Beale was an officer under Commodore Stockton and fought with the army at San Pasqual with Kit Carson; he carried to Stockton at San Diego the news of General Kearny’s desperate situation.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Philippines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
The country's name originated with Ruy López de Villalobos naming both the islands of Samar and Leyte, Las Islas Felipinas after King Philip II of Spain during his failed expedition in 1543.
The archipelago was known under various names such as Spanish East Indies, New Castille (Nueva Castilla), Western Islands (Islas del Poniente), the St. Lazarus Islands (Islas de San Lázaro) and others.
Ultimately, Filipinas came to refer to the entire archipelago.
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 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions
7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas, San Jose
15 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 2 autonomous regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular - region autonomista); Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas, Atlantico Norte*, Atlantico Sur*
9 municipalities (castelli, singular - castello); Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, Chiesanuova, Domagnano, Faetano, Fiorentino, Monte Giardino, San Marino, Serravalle
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