Quiapo, Manila
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/61568
- Note
- "Quiapo ([ˈkjapɔʔ]) is a district of the city of Manila, in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. It was named after the water cabbage (Pistia stratiotes) that floated out of the Pasig river. Early Indian merchants, specifically the Tamils, entered through the mouth of the river and observed the abundance of floating aquatic plants that resembled bitter lettuce called Kayappu (கயப்பு) in their language, particularly between the months of August and February. The name has caught on with the locals and was hispanized to present-day Quiapo.[citation needed] The Tagalogs, or the inhabitants of the river, later adopted the name to mean the lily-like plants of the river. Its Tamil name written in Baybayin has endured for almost 2,000 years before the spelling Kiyapo was assigned to the plant after the Spaniards´ introduction of the Roman alphabet.[citation needed]" - (en.wikipedia.org 10.01.2021)
- Latitude
- 14.60000038147
- Longitude
- 120.98300170898
- Population
- 23,138
- Time zone
- Asia/Manila
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