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unusual facts about Tui, Pontevedra


Tuy, Batangas

The name TUY was given by Don Salvador Ellio in memory of his birthplace, Tui, Galicia, Spain.


Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences

The practitioners in the clinic practice Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, herbal medicine, Tai chi, Tui na massage (acupressure), Food Therapy, Moxibustion, and Cupping Therapy.

Alifereti Finau Ulugalala

In 1898 with the death of Roko Eroni Loganimoce, Ratu Penaia Kadavulevu, Vunivalu of Bau, went to Lau and made Finau Sau ni Vanua and Tui Nayau ahead of Ratu Salesi Kinikinilau (Roko Eroni's son and Finau's rival for the title).

Audiencias Provinciales of Spain

Examples include the Audiencia Provincial of Alicante, located in Elche rather than Alicante; the fifth section of the Audiencia Provincial of Murcia in Cartagena; the Audiencia Provincial of Pontevedra, with its fifth and sixth sections in Vigo; and the Audiencia Provincial of Cádiz with a section in the exclave of Ceuta.

Autovía A-55

It is 32 km (20 miles) long and runs from the centre of Vigo to the Portuguese border on the Minho River at Tui.

Barbanza e Iria

The area covered by this geographical indication comprises the municipalities of Catoira, Valga, Pontecesures, Padrón, Dodro, Rianxo, Boiro, A Pobra do Caramiñal, Ribeira and some parts of Porto do Son and Lousame, located in the provinces of A Coruña and Pontevedra, in Galicia, Spain.

Battle of Vilanova

Planned operations against Tui were frustrated, nevertheless, because of the Spanish conquest in Alentejo of Olivenza and Mourão.

Botafumeiro

The Botafumeiro is a famous thurible found in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (in the past similar devices were used in large churches in Galicia, nowadays sometimes is used in the Tui Cathedral).

Caldelas

Ponte Caldelas, a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.

Cerviño

Nevertheless, the surname is still more common in Pontevedra, and more particularly in the area of Cotobade.

Convento de San Esteban, Salamanca

The sacristy was built in the 17th century under the patronage of Brother Pedro de Herrera Suárez, bishop of Tuy, by architects Sardiña Alonso and Juan Moreno.

DB Breweries

DB Breweries owns and operates four breweries in New Zealand - Waitemata Brewery (Otahuhu, Auckland), Tui Brewery (Mangatainoka), Mainland Brewery (Timaru) and Monteith's Brewery (Greymouth).

Escuela Naval Militar de Oficiales

The Escuela Naval Militar de Oficiales (ENM) at Marín, Pontevedra, in north-western Spain, is the Spanish institution in charge of training the Spanish Navy's officer class, as well as other naval personnel.

Francisco José Millán Mon

Francisco José Millán Mon (born on 8 March 1955 in Pontevedra)

Gerald the Fearless

Ferdinand succeeded in gaining the valley of the upper Limia and the regions of Toroño (around Tuy), Capraria (around Verín), and Lobarzana (around Chaves) from Afonso in exchange for his release.

Hyacinthoides paivae

Hyacinthoides paivae is endemic to the north-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, including western parts of Galicia (A Coruña, Ourense and Pontevedra provinces) and north-western parts of Portugal (Beira Litoral, Douro Litoral, Minho and Trás-os-Montes provinces).

Inter Airlines

Since the company's inception in April 2002, Inter Airlines was used by the biggest tour operators such as TUI AG and Thomas Cook AG as well as their branches KRAS Holland & Jetairfly Belgium ( both part of the TUI group) and Neckermann (Thomas Cook Group).

John Thunstone

The blade is inscribed with a text from Judges chapter 5 in the Vulgate, "Sic pereant omnes inimici tui" — "thus perish all your enemies".

Khawnglung Run

Major filming took place at Khawnglung Village set created on the top of Darkhuang Hill, Thenzawl, Tui Rihiau, Mat River, Nghasih Valley, Kawmzawl, Zohnuai High School compound and Pukthiang.

Lake Mahinapua

Species of birds such as black swans and grey and mallard ducks live around the lagoon, and the surrounding bush provides a habitat for species such as parakeets and tui.

Litiana Maopa

She married Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi I in November, 1886, with whom she had six children, including Adi Vuikaba, Ratu Tiale Vuiyasawa, Adi Salote Mokoiwaqa, Adi Kacaraini Loaloakubou and Ratu Sir Josefa Vanaaliali Lalabalavu Sukuna, one of Fiji's greatest statesmen of the 20th century, not to mention her youngest child - Dr Ratu Jione Atonio Rabici Doviverata, father of former Vice-President and Roko Tui Bau, Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi.

Losalini Raravuya Dovi

He was a scion of the chiefly clan of the Tui Nairai or paramount chief of Nairai island in the Lomaiviti Group.

Mara Kapaiwai

He allied with him and other chiefs, including Koroi Ravulo of Vusaradave and Tui Levuka in a formidable coalition dedicated to the destruction of Ratu Cakobau.

Maria Theresa Reef

New Zealand's HMNZS Tui made an extensive search of the area in the 1970s and found no shallows or islands.

Mirabelle plum

In Spain it grows in Galicia, in O Rosal, a valley in the south of the province of Pontevedra in which was introduced in the mid-twentieth century by Xosé Sánchez García and where it has acclimated to perfection.

Monarchy of Fiji

In the late 1840s, the Vunivalu or ruler of Bau, Tanoa Visawaqa (died 1852) declared himself Tui Viti, which translates as "King of Fiji" or "paramount chief of Fiji".

Ogone

About 42.000 businesses worldwide use Ogone including Friends Provident, Tui, Thomas Cook, Halfords, Just Eat, Bose, Opodo, Club Med, DHL International, Viking Direct/Office Depot, Thalys International, Misco and Center Parcs.

Oia

Oia, Spain, a municipality in Galicia, in the province of Pontevedra

Pablo Cimadevila Alvarez

Pablo Cimadevila Alvarez (born December 12, 1978 in Pontevedra) is an S6 swimmer from Spain.

Pablo Saavedra Reinado

Pablo Saavedra Reinado (born January 29, 1975 in Pontevedra) is an S9 swimmer from Spain.

Rosaura Lopez

Rosaura Lopez Lorenzo (16 March 1932, Pontevedra, Spain – 19 September 2005, Pontevedra, Spain) was a maid of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the Dakota apartment between 1976 and 1980.

Rural Bank of Marayo

and Banate Iloilo, Rural Bank of Marayo has helped in the development of the town of Banate in Iloilo and its home town in Pontevedra Negros Occidental.

SEAT Arosa

Named after Villagarcía de Arosa, a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, Spain, it was only available as a three-door, four-seater hatchback.

Seru Epenisa Cakobau

Cakobau retained his position as Fiji's second most senior chief the title of Vunivalu of Bau,and formally ceded the highest and most precedent Chiefly title of Tui Viti or Paramount Chief of Fiji to the person of Her Majesty Queen Victoria which is currently held by her descendant Elizabeth II.

Susanna Garabatos

Susana Garabatos Rodríguez (born March 8, 1979 in Vigo, Pontevedra) is a former freestyle swimmer from Spain, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Teachers' Union of Ireland

The TUI is affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and is represented on various education governmental bodies such as National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), Further Education and Training Awards Council FETAC, Higher Education and Training Awards Council HETAC and Vocational Education Committees.

Tui Cakau

The present Tui Cakau, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, leads a political party, the Conservative Alliance and was a Minister in the government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase from 2000 to 2005, when he was convicted of involvement in the coup d'état that deposed the elected government in 2000.

Perhaps the best-known Tui Cakau in modern times was Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, who held the title from 1988 to 1993.

Tui Manuʻa Elisala

On July 6, 1904 Tui Manu'a Elisara officially ceded the islands of Manu'a to the United States through the signing of the Treaty of Cession of Manu'a.

Tui Parakeet

In the southwest Amazon Basin, the Tui Parakeet ranges more widely, it being present in the vicinity of several large rivers such as the Solimões River, Madeira River, Madre de Dios River, Purús River, Juruá River, Ucayali River and lowermost Marañón River.

Violet Walrond

Walrond's father, Cecil 'Tui' Walrond, was a noted swimmer who received a Royal Humane Society award for rescuing 11 people from drowning.

Yodtong Senanan

Yodtong was born Pu Tui (Thai: ตุ๊ย แซ่ผู่) in Ban Pong district of Ratchaburi province.


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