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Araceli, Palawan Etymology

  • Mar 14
  • 1 min read

The town's Catholic parish is Nuestra Seรฑora de Araceli, a Spanish term that can be translated to "Our Lady of Altar of the Sky" (from ara, meaning altar; and celi, meaning sky).



Church in town: ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š ๐’๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐š ๐๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข


- No detailed history of the church


๐๐จ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ


Araceli was formerly known as Dumaran until it was renamed on June 15, 1954. In 1961, barrios Dumaran, Bacao, Bohol, Calasag, and San Juan were excised from Araceli to form part of the new municipality of Dumaran, effective upon the election of its new municipal officials later that year.


๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข:

Langoy Island in Araceli, Palawan
Langoy Island in Araceli, Palawan

- Church of Nuestra Seรฑora de Araceli

- Pandan Beach

- Langoy Island

- Slipper Island

- Kutad Island

- Marakit Island

- Tinintinan Beach


๐…๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข:

- None in the list


๐๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข:

- None in the list

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