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The towns and barrios surrounding the numerous American military bases that were scattered throughout that country such as Clark Air Base in Angeles City and Subic Bay Naval Base in Olongapo were among the earliest to be exposed to the culture ; as contact with African-American, Filipino American and Latino servicemen resulted in some of the earliest exposure the locals had to the new musical genre.
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towns and barrios
Border towns sprang up with barrios of intense poverty.
In common with other Cuban towns, the city of Placetas was originally divided in barrios.
The Quirino administration was generally challenged by the Hukbalahaps, who ransacked towns and barrios.
In yet another colloquial usage of the term, ethnic " ghettos " and "- towns " are often referred to by Spanish speakers as barrios appended with the appropriate qualifying adjective.
Other countries with shanty towns include India, South Africa ( where they are often called squatter camps ) or imijondolo, Kenya, the Philippines ( often called squatter areas ), Venezuela ( where they are known as barrios ), Brazil ( favelas ), Argentina ( villas miseria ), West Indies such as Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago ( where they are known as Shanty town ), and Peru ( where they are known as " young towns ").
Because of the destruction of their ancestral homes in Pagsanjan and the threat of the Huk movement in the towns and barrios of Laguna province, many Pagsanjeño families evacuated their native town and moved permanently to the Greater Manila area.
The pioneer Pangasinenses established nearby settlements that occupy portions of the barrios of surrounding towns, namely Asingan, Villasis, Malasiqui, Sta.
Many people from Calmay, Carael and island barrios evacuated to other towns.
Alfredo Dela Cruz ( 1963 – 1967 ), residents of the barrios of Lao-angan and Suba clamored for the conversion of these barrios into towns independent from Pambujan by seeking assistance from Congressman Eladio T. Balite, then representative of the lone district of Samar.
Rapid economic growth and immigration resulted to losing some of its fishing and agricultural barrios as they were converted into towns of Malimono ( July 31, 1956 ), Anao-aon ( May 24, 1957 ) and Sison ( September 15, 1959 ).
towns and surrounding
In their day, these ancient towns and cities were usually multi-storied and multi-purposed buildings surrounding open plazas and viewsheds and were occupied by hundreds to thousands of Ancestral Pueblo peoples.
They are hotel-like and dominate the surrounding landscape, having replaced all towns and cities, albeit preserving their names.
The first true towns are sometimes considered to be large settlements where the inhabitants were no longer simply farmers of the surrounding area, but began to take on specialized occupations, and where trade, food storage and power was centralized.
The marketplace where farmers brought in crops from surrounding towns to sell survives today as the small park at the corner of John F. Kennedy ( J. F. K.
The Roman camps surrounding Masada were built by Jewish slaves receiving water from the towns around the lake.
Additionally, several Staatsstraßen connect Dachau with surrounding towns and villages.
These discussions resulted in the formation of the Green Mountain Boys, with local militia companies in each of the surrounding towns.
Immigration from Spain and intermarriage with Spaniards from the surrounding Spanish towns was a constant feature of Gibraltar's history until the then Spanish dictator, General Francisco Franco, closed the border with Gibraltar in 1969, cutting off many Gibraltarians from their relatives on the Spanish side of the frontier.
The municipality comprises the city of Ghent proper and the surrounding towns of Afsnee, Desteldonk, Drongen, Gentbrugge, Ledeberg, Mariakerke, Mendonk, Oostakker, Sint-Amandsberg, Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Sint-Kruis-Winkel, Wondelgem and Zwijnaarde.
It is similar ( but not identical by any means ) to the dialects spoken in surrounding towns, especially Jedburgh, Langholm and Selkirk.
In a bid to reduce the number of people living in overcrowded housing, a policy was introduced of encouraging people to move into newly built new towns surrounding London.
He also lost the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages.
Being thus secure in Rome and the surrounding country, he next set himself to oust the Republic of Venice from Faenza, Rimini, and the other towns and fortresses of Italy which it occupied after the death of Pope Alexander.
After the creation of new municipal structures across South Africa in 2000, the name Tshwane was adopted for the Metropolitan Municipality that includes Pretoria and surrounding towns.
Star-shaped fortresses surrounding towns and even cities with outlying defences proved very difficult to capture, even for a well equipped army.
At that time, at least among the Mende, " a typical settlement consisted of walled towns and open villages or towns surrounding it.
More densely populated towns such as Frederiksted and Christiansted on St. Croix were historically referred to as " districts ", in contrast to the surrounding plantation land.
The economic opportunities Lake Vänern offers are illustrated by the surrounding towns, having been located there for centuries, supporting themselves by fishing and allowing easy transportation to other cities or west by Göta älv to the sea of Kattegat.
Following the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, dangerously high levels of nuclear radiation escaped into the surrounding area, and nearly 200 towns and villages in Ukraine and neighbouring Belarus were evacuated, including the cities of Chernobyl and Prypiat.
* Ghost towns of Arizona and surrounding states
The practice flourished and he established branch offices in surrounding towns, taking his brother William into partnership in 1887.
Much of the wealth on which the city of Manchester, and surrounding towns, was built in the late eighteenth century, and for much of the nineteenth century, was based on the processing of slave-picked cotton .. Other British cities also profited from the slave trade. Birmingham, the largest gun producing town in Britain at the time, supplied guns to be traded for slaves.
" They encouraged women in local convents and surrounding towns to find mystical inspiration in his example, and, by preserving many of his sermons and writings, they helped keep his political as well as his religious ideas alive.
It serves as the administrative center of the Jenin Governorate and is a major agricultural center for the surrounding towns.
towns and numerous
Most of the shores are densely wooded and are marked by numerous small towns and villages.
The seaside town of Ayvalık and numerous towns in the provinces of İzmir and Aydın are particularly famous for their olive oil and related products ; such as soap and cosmetics.
By the beginning of World War II, many towns and cities had built space, and there were numerous qualified pilots available.
In addition to the towns and monuments noted below, the Black Forest is crossed by numerous long distance footpaths, including some of the first to be established.
His forces met little resistance, burning numerous towns to the ground and living off the land, until they reached the Loire River at Tours.
The streams and waterfalls, the latter mainly in Upper Galilee, along with vast fields of greenery and colourful wildflowers, as well as numerous towns of biblical importance, make the region a popular tourist destination.
The native Baltic Prussians were conquered and Christianized by the Knights with much warfare, and numerous German towns were established along the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea.
The much more numerous category of vici, " small towns " grew on informal plans, often round a camp or at a ford or crossroads ; some were not small, others were scarcely urban, some not even defended by a wall, the characteristic feature of a place of any importance.
Tens of thousands of Americans found themselves homeless and began congregating in the numerous Hoovervilles ( also known as shanty towns or tent cities ) that began to appear across the country.
Many libraries and reading rooms were established in small towns and villages, and numerous printed periodicals reflected the growing interest in popular education.
She invited numerous German religious people from the Holy Roman Empire into the Silesian lands, as well as German settlers who founded numerous cities, towns and villages in the course of the Ostsiedlung, while cultivating barren parts of Silesia for agriculture.
Stein discovered manuscripts in the previously lost Tocharian languages of the Tarim Basin at Marin and other oasis towns, and recorded numerous archaeological sites especially in Iran and Balochistan.
Numerous statues and memorials dot the cities, towns, and countryside of Germany, and the famous Bismarck Memorial in Berlin, not to mention numerous Bismarck towers on four continents.
In addition, it flooded two shopping malls, numerous businesses, and many homes in the towns of Warwick, West Warwick, Cranston, and Westerly.
In Hong Kong, however, suburbs are mostly government-planned new towns containing numerous public housing estates.
Most of the shores are densely wooded and are marked by numerous small towns and villages.
The seaside town of Ayvalık and numerous towns in the provinces of Balıkesir, İzmir and Aydın are particularly famous for their olive oil and related products ; such as soap and cosmetics.
The American city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is named after him, as are numerous other cities and towns in the United States, Canada, and Australia.
He protected the Catholic as well as the Orthodox clergy ; he raised the Lithuanian army to the highest state of efficiency then attainable ; defended his borders with a chain of strong fortresses and built numerous castles in towns including Vilnius.
They built towns, palaces, churches, gardens, and fortifications and embellished the island with numerous works of art and enhanced cultural heritage.
At the same time the Belarusian lands entered a path of economic growth, with the formation of numerous towns that served as centres of trade on the east-west routes.
In Germany, numerous smaller towns and villages in the former eastern territories of Germany were completely destroyed by Allied forces.
King Denis ordered the construction of numerous castles, created new towns, and granted privileges due cities to several others.
Two cities, three towns, 64 incorporated villages, and numerous unincorporated hamlets are located within the county.
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