Calapan
Americannoun
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On Saturday in Calapan, Marcos wore a large bandage on his left hand and adhesive strips on his right.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just two mornings before July 4, the first anniversary of Philippine independence, the citizens of Calapan, capital of Mindoro province, awoke to find their town invaded and occupied by local revolutionists.
From Time Magazine Archive
The capital is Calapan, with a population of 5,585.
From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Halstead, Murat
It wrecked the church at Ibaan and severely damaged the church and other buildings in Batangas, Bauang, Calapan, and several other towns.
From Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909 by Saderra Masó, Miguel
Calapan, the capital of Mindoro, was in Spanish days known as "the white man's grave" on account of the prevalence of "pernicious fever" there.
From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Worcester, Dean C.
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