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	Nueva Vizcaya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nueva Vizcaya is a province of the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon.
		The province of Nueva Vizcaya used to be a territory of the vast Cagayan Valley which was once an integral political unit with one governor.
		The province is bounded to the north by Ifugao; to the northeast by Isabela; to the east by Quirino; to the southeast by Aurora; to the south by Nueva Ecija; to the southwest by Pangasinan; and to the west by Benguet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nueva_Vizcaya (727 words)

	Encyclopedia: Basque people (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Vizcaya province Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country.
		The southern Basque provinces and Navarre made up the backbone of the (Carlist) upheavals, which sought to give the crown of Spain to the male heir Carlos (and, later, to the heirs of his line), who promised to defend the Basque foral System.
		Vitoria (population: 224,965 (2004 est), is the capital city of the province of Ãlava and of the Comunidad Vasca Spanish autonomous region, though it is the second city of the region by population.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Basque-people (12306 words)

	Vizcaya (province) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Vizcaya (province)
		Province of northern Spain in the Basque Country autonomous community, on the Bay of Biscay; area 2,209 sq km/853 sq mi; population (1991 est) 1,150,900.
		Vizcaya is very rich in minerals, including large deposits of iron ore (mined since pre-Roman times), lead, copper, and zinc.
		Vizcaya's steelmakers were famous throughout Europe in the Middle Ages for the quality of their swords.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Vizcaya%20%28province%29 (122 words)

	official website DILG Region 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It is bounded on the north by the Province of Cagayan, on the south by Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino and Aurora, on the west by the Provinces of Kalinga, Apayao, Ifugao and Mountain Province of the Cordillera Administrative Region and on the east by the Pacific Ocean.
		It is the largest province in the region and the second largest province in the country in terms of land area.
		The church was built in 1625 and is said to be the oldest in the province and its bell tower was the tallest in the Cagayan Valley.
	www.region2.dilg.gov.ph /provinces/isabela/isabela.htm (1226 words)

	Vizcaya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country.
		It is bordered by the provinces of Cantabria, Burgos, Guipúzcoa, and Álava, and by the Bay of Biscay.
		Guernica (Basque, Gernika-Lumo), a town regarded as the spiritual centre of the traditional Basque Country, is located in Vizcaya.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vizcaya (119 words)

	Nueva Vizcaya
		The province Cagayan was subdued much earlier, and the native Cagayan village of Lal-lo was chartered as a city (Nueva Segovia) as early as 1591.
		Fernandez and de Juan's discussion of Vizcaya's strategic importance relies heavily on the 1690 writings of Pedro Jimenez, a Dominican missionary of Cagayan in 1690, identifying the ease of commerce in Cagayan-Manila, the political safety of all Luzon, and the Cagayan-Manila missionary convenience as primary considerations in establishing Spanish rule in Nueva Vizcaya.
		To the northeast of Cagayan province (that is, to the north and to the east) are the famous and rich islands of Japan which are 300 leagues away.
	www.geocities.com /jundelim/liberation.htm (3054 words)

	Basque Country (Spanish region) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Basque Country (Spanish region) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The region is bordered by the Bay of Biscay to the north and separated from the French part of the Basque Country cultural region by the Pyrenees.
		Bilbao, the capital of Vizcaya province, is the region's largest city and one of Spain's main industrial centres.
		The chief economic activities in the coastal provinces of Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa are the mining of iron, copper, lead, and zinc, and metalworking (mainly steel), fishing, and shipbuilding.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Basque+Country+(Spanish+region) (460 words)

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		The province was seventeen leagues from north to south and eight leagues from east to west.
		The Spanish expansion into Nueva Vizcaya was gradual, with the early exploratory expeditions meeting resistance from the indigenous people and the ruggedness of the terrain also keeping their progress at a slow pace.
		Although Nueva Vizcaya is relatively close to the political and economic center of the Philippines, it is isolated by its geography.
	members.tripod.com /NewVizcaya/histviz.htm (15612 words)

	Buber's Basque Page: Power, Authority and Sovereignty in 16th Century Bilbao
		Today in the Basque Province of Vizcaya in Spain, a member of Jarrai (the youth movement of the Basque National Liberation Movement, MLNV) is pasting a poster to the wall that says "Euskal Herria Askatu!" (Freedom for the Basque Country).
		It developed into the principal city in Vizcaya on the northern coast of Spain and as such had considerable influence on trade patterns and served as the center of government for the province.
		The Basque provinces, with certain privileges recognized by the Crown, were well integrated in the Spanish monarchy by the sixteenth century.
	www.buber.net /Basque/History/jw_bilbao.html (5593 words)

	nueva vizcaya province info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Nueva Vizcaya, 210 kilometer north of Manila in the northerncentral part of Luzon Island, is the gateway to Cagayan Valeey.
		When the province of Isabela was created in 1856, Nueva Vizcaya ceded a big portion of its territory to it, including Camarag, the capital, which was then transferred to Bayombomg.
		The province is rich in mineral resources such as copper, gold iron and silver, but most of these remain untapped.
	home.online.no /~erfalch/nuevavizcayaa.htm (523 words)

	The Provincial Profile of Pangasinan
		The influx of migrants from the provinces of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur into the western and eastern portions of the province spurred the transformation of Pangasinan into the main rice granary of Luzon.
		Much of the land is flat and devoted to agriculture and the province has the highest amount of irrigated fields in the region.
		The province is also a major livestock and poultry producer for the Ilocos region and a leading producer of salt.
	www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/pangasinan.htm (1664 words)

	Diocese of Bayombong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In April of 1841 the province of Nueva Vizcaya was born, created as a politico-military province by royal decree from Spain.
		In 1856, the province of Isabela was created, deriving half of its land from Cagayan, and half from Nueva Vizcaya.
		Nueva Vizcaya is the southernmost province of the Cagayan Valley Region, separated from Nueva Ecija and the rest of Luzon southward by the Caraballo Mountains.
	www.cbcponline.net /jurisdictions/bayombong.html (688 words)

	Philippines Provincial Flags
		The seal is always circular, measuring 7/10ths of the flag's height, typically bearing a shield of varying shape with local heraldic bearings (the degree of heraldic correctness varying greatly but quite low in average) on a solid background surrounded by an outlined ring typically bearing the name of the entity.
		Apayao and Kalinga resulted from the split of Kalinga-Apayao (which itself was formed when Mountain Province was split into four in 1966); one province takes place of the former mother province in the original list, and the other assumes the latest number in the list.
		The notable thing is that the flag of Cagayan Province, which was adopted in 1970, does not appear in both the 1975 'Symbols of the State' book, and my TV sighting in 1998.
	flagspot.net /flags/ph_prov.html (702 words)

	Isabela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The new province was named in honor of "Her Royal Highness Queen Isabela II" of Spain.
		Although the province did not play a major role in the revolt against Spain, it was in Palanan that the final pages of the Philippine Revolution was written when the American forces led by Gen. Frederick Funston finally captured Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo on March 23, 1901.
		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.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/I/Isabela.htm (733 words)

	Symbols of a People 42
		The political unity of the seven Basque provinces in a free and independent Euskadi has not been seen except for a short period in spite of their tight linguistic, cultural, and racial bonds.
		Over the red foundation of the province of Vizcaya went the green of the sacred oak of Gernika, another symbol that appears on the coat of arms of Vizcaya.
		The symbolism of the flag is very simple and was composed by Sabino de Arana (1865-1903), founder of the Basque Nationalist Party: the province of Vizcaya is represented, as well as its lagi zarrak, the fueros or old Basque liberties, and the religious faith is also present.
	basque.unr.edu /09/9.3/9.3.42t/9.3.42.03.symbols.htm (2841 words)

	Nueva Vizcaya Province
		for Nueva Vizcaya) and population (147,000 and 365,000, respectively, by the 2000 census).
		Nueva Vizcaya is the remnant of the southern province created when Cagayan Province was divided in two in 1839.
		At Balete Pass in Nueva Vizcaya the retreating Japanese under General Yamashita dug in and held on for three months against the American and Filipino forces who eventually drove them out; the pass is now called Dalton Pass in honor of General Dalton, USA, who was killed in the fighting.
	www.kykofc.com /kentucky/KOC_Sites/int/Philippines/nuevavizcaya.htm (241 words)

	DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Region 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It is bounded by Isabela on the north, by Aurora on the east and southeast, and Nueva Vizcaya on the west and southwest portion.
		It is bounded on the north by Isabela Province, on the west by Nueva Vizcaya Province and on the south by Aurora Province.
		This province is generally mountainous and is traversed by the Sierra Madre Mountains on the southeastern side and Mamparang Mountains on the western side.
	denr2.cagayanvalley.com /penro_quirino.htm (499 words)

	SOL CÁDIZ - SOL Spain On Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		At the same time, the province of Cádiz offers a marvellous coastline and beaches, that, for the time being, has been spared from massive construction.
		Cádiz is the most southern province of the Iberian Peninsula.
		To the northwest of the province are located the famous White Villages of Cadiz, calls thus because all of them have a common denominator: surroundings of escepcional beauty, narrow streets, great slopes and adorned white houses with flowers.
	cadiz.sol.com /?IdProvincia=46 (585 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: NUEVA VIZCAYA
		Nueva Vizcaya was the first province of northern Mexico to be explored and settled by the Spanish.
		Sometimes called the kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya, it served as the "heartland" of the northern frontier for some 250 years.
		In 1562 Ibarra was appointed to colonize the region, then regarded as the northernmost part of the province of Nueva Galicia.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/NN/usnax.html (310 words)

	SOL ALMERÍA - SOL Spain On Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		These villages are the cradle of neolithic cave drawings,including the symbol of the Province, the Indalo(a man carrying a rainbow which probably signifies a messenger of the gods.) This is just one example of the rich heritage and monument record which villages like Velez Blanco and Velez Rubio hold for the visitor.
		The ambiance of the district is created mainly by the impressive country park of Sierra Maria-Los Velez, located in the north of the province, next to Granada and Murcia provinces.
		Its luxuriant leafy forests are in sharp contrast to the arid character of the rest of Almeria.
	almeria.sol.com (1063 words)

	SOL GRANADA - SOL Spain On Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Granada is probably the province of Andalucia with the widest choice for the visitor.
		Alpujarra mountain range, some thirty miles from Granada city and 25 miles from the coast, is as much part of Granada as it is of Almeria province.
		It is well known for the beauty and peacefulness of its white towns; its mountain landscapes, the house balconies full of flowers; its friendly people and the atmosphere they create - and most importantly — the spectacular backcloth of the Sierra Nevada.
	granada.sol.com /en/modulo.asp?IdProvincia=18&IdSubTipoCont=103 (967 words)

	SOL CÓRDOBA - SOL Spain On Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Second one may practise watersports in the province´s reservoirs, such as Iznájar.
		This area spreads down from the north of the province to the banks of the Guadalquivir itself.
		To the left of the river, you find rolling hills planted with wheat, vine and olive trees as well as the whitewashed houses of the friendly villages.
	cordoba.sol.com /?IdProvincia=41 (549 words)

	Local Government Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The muncipality of Solano is the fastest growing commercial center in the province where there are flourishing number of business establishments and financial institutions.
		There is a big public market located at the heart and center of the urban area, which covers not only the commodity requirements of tje local residence but alos the neighboring town of Bayombong, Quezon, Villaverde and Bagabag.
		This sectoral strategy therefore, will be used as a reference in identifying programs and projects tjat will support the direction desired and at the same time, optimize the utilization of land based on their suitability of use.
	www.solano.gov.ph (197 words)

	Nueva Vizcaya Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Nueva Vizcaya, formerly a territory of the vast Cagayan Valley, is oftentimes referred to as lowland Baguio City because of its pleasant climate.
		The province is regarded as the gateway to the 8th wonder of the world, the Banaue Rice Terraces.
		The province occupies a land area of approximately 3,903.90 square kilometers which is about 10.72 percent of the regional land area and 1.30 percent of the total land area of the country (Philippines).
	www.nuevavizcaya.com.ph (131 words)

	History of Mexico - The State of Durango
		During the early centuries of Spanish colonial Mexico, Durango was part of the province of Nueva Vizcaya, which took up a great deal of territory, much of which now corresponds with four Mexican states.
		When Mateo de Vesga became Governor of Nueva Vizcaya in 1618, he described the province as "destroyed and devastated, almost depopulated of Spaniards." By the end of the revolt, at least a thousand allied Indians had died, while the Tepehuanes may have lost as many as 4,000 warriors.
		Professor Jack D. Forbes, the author of Apache, Navaho, and Spaniard, writes that "the Nueva Vizcaya region was a land of continual war in the early 1670's." By 1677, in fact, Nueva Vizcaya was in great danger of being lost.
	www.houstonculture.org /mexico/durango.html (3970 words)

	Cantabria
		Cantabria is an autonomous community of Spain, containing one province (formerly called the province of Santander).
		It is bounded on the east by the Basque Country (province of Vizcaya), on the south by Castile-Leon (provinces of León;, Palencia, and Burgos), on the west by Asturias, and on the north by the Bay of Biscay.
		Cantabria shares the National Park Picos de Europa (in the Picos de Europa mountain range) with Asturias and León provinces.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/cantabria.html (429 words)

	SOL SEVILLA - SOL Spain On Line
		One of the main attractions of the province of Seville, is the capital itself, in the first place, obviously,for it's monuments and architecture(the Alcázar, the Giralda tower and the Catedral), that reflect centuries of culture and the great number of different people (romans, arabs, jews, gypsies) that left their mark.
		This is specialy notorious in the historic and best known districts of Seville: Santa Cruz, Triana andla Macarena.
		Seville has many places that are worth visiting, such as the roman ruins of Itálica in la comarca del Aljarafe and Santiponce (birthplace of the emperors Trajano and Adriano), the dolomites of Valencia and the treasure of Carambolo that was discovered in Camas in the 8 and 3 centuries BC.
	www.sol.com /en/modulo.asp?IdProvincia=41&IdPagina=1 (556 words)

	AllRefer.com - Philippines - Upland Tribal Groups \| Philippine (Filipino) Information Resource
		At one time it was employed by lowland Filipinos in a pejorative sense, but in recent years it came to be used with pride by youths in the mountains as a positive expression of their separate ethnic identity vis-à-vis lowlanders.
		Of the ten groups, the Ifugaos of Ifugao Province, the Bontocs of Mountain and Kalinga-Apayao provinces, and the Kankanays and Ibalois of Benguet Province were all wet-rice farmers who worked the elaborate rice terraces they had constructed over the centuries.
		The Isnegs of northern Kalinga-Apayao Province, the Gaddangs of the border between Kalinga-Apayao and Isabela provinces, and the Ilongots of Nueva Vizcaya Province all practiced shifting cultivation.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/philippines/philippines60.html (900 words)

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