Bolinao (Pangasinan, Philippines)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
בולינאו (פנגסינאן, פיליפינים)
Name (Latin)
Bolinao (Pangasinan, Philippines)
Coordinates
119.8947222 119.8947222 16.38805556 16.38805556 (gooearth )
E1195330 E1195330 N0162320 N0162320 (geonames )
Associated country
Philippines
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 143137271
Wikidata: Q41807
Library of congress: n 85212605
Sources of Information
  • BGN, 3/13/86(Bolinao, town, 16°23ʹN, 119°54ʹE)
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 16°23ʹ20ʺN 119°53ʹ30ʺE)
  • De Ocampo, R.SP. Plio-Pleistocene geology ... 1983:t.p. (Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines)
  • BGN, 3/13/86(Bolinao, town, 16p0s23ʹN, 119p0s54ʹE)

Wikipedia description:

Bolinao, officially the Municipality of Bolinao (Bolinao: Babali nin Bolinao; Pangasinan: Baley na Bolinao; Ilocano: Ili ti Bolinao; Tagalog: Bayan ng Bolinao), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 84,658 people. Sea urchins are regularly harvested at Isla Silaki, Bolinao. The town, aside from being a fishing domain, is also a heritage site in the Philippines, possessing an olden church surrounded by heritage houses. The town is also the location of the cave where the gold-teeth Bolinao Skulls with fish scale designs were found. Scholars have been pushing for the addition of the town's cultural landscape into the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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