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Aside from those stated symbols in the Constitution and in Republic Act 8491, there are only six official national symbols of the Philippines enacted through law, namely sampaguita as national flower, narra as national tree, the Philippine eagle as national bird, Philippine pearl as national gem, arnis as national martial art and sport and the ...
Jadernička moravská, Sorb tree: Malus domestica, Sorbus domestica [51] [52] Nepal: Rhododendron: Rhododendron [16] New Zealand: Silver fern: Cyathea dealbata Nicaragua: Lemonwood: Calycophyllum candidissimum [53] North Korea: Pine: Pinus [54] Pakistan: Deodar: Cedrus deodara [55] Palestine: Olive: Olea europaea Panama: Panama tree: Sterculia ...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue [2] (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Rentas Internas, or BIR) is a revenue service for the Philippine government, which is responsible for collecting more than half of the total tax revenues of the government. It is an agency of the Department of Finance and it is led by a Commissioner.
The sabino became the national tree of Mexico in 1910. [11] The tree is sacred to the native peoples of Mexico , and is featured in the Zapotec creation myth . [ 12 ] To the Aztecs , the combined shade of an āhuēhuētl and a pōchōtl ( Ceiba pentandra ) metaphorically represented a ruler's authority. [ 13 ]
First edition of the National Anthem Allegory of the Mexican Homeland. The National Anthem of Mexico (Spanish: Himno Nacional Mexicano) was officially adopted in 1943.The lyrics of the national anthem, which allude to Mexican victories in the heat of battle and cries of defending the homeland, were composed by poet Francisco González Bocanegra in 1853, after his fiancée locked him in a room.
Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra [3] (from Tagalog [4]) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of Pterocarpus native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in Cambodia, southernmost China, East Timor ...
The Philippines was proclaimed a Spanish colony in 1565, when Miguel Lopez de Legazpi was appointed Governor General. He selected Manila as the capital in 1571. The islands were very remote, so the Spanish Royal Family commissioned the Philippine government administration to the Viceroyalty of New Spain based in Mexico City for over two and half centuries.
The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.