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Suluan quincentennial monument and historical marker, unveiled as part of the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations. This list of historical markers installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) is an annotated list of people, places, or events in the region that have been commemorated by cast-iron plaques issued by the said commission.
Southern Leyte ranked fifth in terms of population among the six provinces in Eastern Visayas with 9.98 percent of the 3.6 million persons of the region. On the contrary, it was the fastest-growing province in the region. At the national level, the province contributed 0.47 percent to the total population of the Philippines with 76.5 million. [26]
Poverty incidence of Eastern Visayas 10 20 30 40 50 2006 41.51 2009 42.58 2012 45.23 2015 41.30 2018 30.75 2021 22.20 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Eastern Visayas is primarily an agricultural region with rice, corn, coconut, sugarcane and banana as its major crops. Primary sources of revenue are manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade and services. Mining, farming, fishing and ...
Based on the May 2000 census, the province had a total population of 140,274, which made it the fifth least populous province in the country, and the smallest in the region. There were 27,907 households in the province with an average size of 5.02 persons, slightly higher than the national average of 4.99. 87.05% of the population was Roman ...
Poverty incidence of Northern Samar 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2006 53.41 2009 52.10 2012 50.19 2015 60.25 2018 34.26 2021 19.30 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Tourism Northern Samar has several tourism potentials that remain undiscovered by tourists. Some of these include old churches, waterfalls, rivers, caves, virgin forests, and beaches. Among the last frontiers in the country, its ...
The act established the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property, the country's repository of its cultural heritage. [305] The National Commission for Culture and the Arts , established by law in 1992, is the cultural arm of the Philippine government, and a Philippine Department of Culture has been proposed.
In just this random survey, the Bikol people make up a total of 545,544 or more than half a million, residing outside their region of origin. On the other hand, other ethnolinguistic groups in the Bicol region, besides the Tagalog, are the Visayans, particularly the Cebuano and Ilonggo; and the Kankanaey from northern Luzon. [8]
Poverty incidence of Capiz 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 29.92 2009 28.96 2012 27.76 2015 11.72 2018 6.16 2021 6.10 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority With its 80-kilometer coastline and wide expanse of swampy lands easily converted into fishponds, Capiz is dubbed as the "Seafood Capital of the Philippines". It holds one of the richest fishing grounds and is a major contributor in the aquamarine ...