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Libertad, officially the Municipality of Libertad, (Kinaray-a: Banwa kang Libertad; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Libertad; Aklanon: Banwa it Libertad; Tagalog: Bayan ng Libertad), is a municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,507 people, making it the 17th most populous municipality ...
The name Philippines itself originated from its old official name Filipinas in honor of King Philip II of Spain. Spanish language has also become one of the country's official languages from the late 16th century until 1986 when it was designated as a voluntary language and it remains so to this day.
Antique. Hispanicized form of the word hamtik, Kinaray-a for a species of large red ants abundant in the town of Hamtic (formerly rendered as Antique in Spanish [6]), which served as the first capital of the province. [9] As with many other provinces created during the Spanish colonial era, the name of the capital town was applied to the whole ...
from cabuyao, common name for Citrus macroptera, a species of wild orange Cadiz: Negros Occidental: the Spanish city of Cádiz. [10] Cagayan de Oro: none: Cagayan, the Philippine province in northern Luzon, and the Spanish phrase de oro which means "of gold." Calaca: Batangas: from the roofs of the houses made of bamboos halves arranged over ...
Antique (), officially the Province of Antique, [a] is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital and most populous town is San Jose de Buenavista . The province is situated in the western section of Panay Island and borders Aklan , Capiz , and Iloilo to the east, while facing the Sulu Sea to the west.
The following is a list of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines. Luzon Adan → ... Antique → Hamtic;
Poverty incidence of Libertad 10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 46.20 2009 55.47 2012 47.11 2015 46.48 2018 17.89 2021 24.70 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority References ^ Municipality of Libertad | (DILG) ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453 ...
The name of the Philippines comes from the king of Spain Philip II. It was given by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos who named the islands of Samar and Leyte "Las Islas Felipinas" (The Philippine Islands), during his expedition in 1543. Throughout the colonial period, the name Felipinas (Philippines) was used, and became the ...