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A local legend tells of how Silay City got its name. It is said that in the days of the datus and rajahs, there once lived a princess named Kansilay. An attack on the settlement by pirates was thwarted when the princess bravely led the people in the village's defense. The fight was furious and the princess fought like a seasoned warrior.
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
From putat, a local variety of flowering plants in the Lecythidaceae family that was common in the lakeside village. [49] Quiapo: Manila: Spanish rendering of the old Tagalog name kiyapo, a type of water cabbage common in the area. [50] Quirino (1, 2A, 2B, 2C and 3A) Quezon City: Elpidio Quirino, sixth president of the Philippines. [2] Rembo
Lantapan, officially the Municipality of Lantapan (Bukid and Higaonon: Banuwa ta Lantapan; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Lantapan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Lantapan), is a municipality in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,974 people. [3] Lantapan is known as the “vegetable basket” of Mindanao.
Tanudan, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Kalinga, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which ...
Poverty incidence of Bamban 2.5 5 7.5 10 12.5 15 2006 7.60 2009 10.60 2012 4.61 2015 12.56 2018 10.30 2021 13.47 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Parts of the Clark Special Economic Zone is in Bamban, particularly the barangays of San Vicente and Santo Niño which are partially in an area generally known as Sacobia. Tourism Santo Niño Parish Church At the center of the town is the ...
The Ibalon Monument which shows the four (4) heroes of the epic: Tambaloslos, Baltog, Handyong and Bantong in Legazpi City. The Ibálong, also known as Handiong or Handyong, is a 60-stanza fragment of a Bicolano full-length folk epic of the Bicol region of the Philippines, based on the Indian Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.