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The more than 140 cities in the Philippines as of 2022 have taken their names from a variety of languages both indigenous (Austronesian) and foreign (mostly Spanish).The majority of Philippine cities derive their names from the major regional languages where they are spoken including Tagalog (), Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Bicolano, Kapampangan and Pangasinense.
This name comes from its main topographic feature, the valley (also called the Monkayo Valley) on which the town of Compostela is located. The town's name in turn may have come from the city of Santiago de Compostela in the Galicia region of Spain, the birthplace of a Spanish friar who visited the valley. [44] Dinagat Islands
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; ... The following is a list of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines. Luzon
The present name of the Philippines was bestowed by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos [1] [2] or one of his captains Bernardo de la Torre [3] [4] in 1543, during an expedition intended to establish greater Spanish control at the western end of the division of the world established between Spain and Portugal by the treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza.
Its former name is Montalban, from the town of Montalbán in Aragon, Spain.) Ronda, Cebu (named after the city of Ronda in Malaga, Spain.) Rosales, Pangasinan (Spanish surname. Named after Spanish member of the Real Audiencia Antonio Rosales.) Rosario, Agusan del Sur ("rosary" / from Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Spanish for "Our Lady of the ...
Quezon City and San Juan: Rafael Crame, sixth chief of the Philippine Constabulary and the first Filipino to hold the position. [5] Caniogan: Pasig: Filipino word for "a place where coconut grows." Carmona: Makati: Isidro Carmona, Filipino soldier during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine–American War. [10] Cembo and South Cembo: Taguig
The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. [1] Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon [2] [3] at least by 134,000 years ago. [4] The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 ...
This is a complete list of cities and municipalities in the Philippines. The Philippines is administratively divided into 82 provinces ( Filipino : lalawigan ). These, together with the National Capital Region , are further subdivided into cities (Filipino: lungsod ) and municipalities (Filipino: bayan ).