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Site name Description Province City or municipality Address Coordinates Image PH-05-0001 Cagsawa Ruins: Located in the town of Daraga, Albay in the Philippines. The church of Cagsaua was built after 1734 by Francisco Blanco. The February 1, 1814 eruption of Mt. Mayon located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away destroyed the church. Albay: Daraga
Pages in category "Culture of Albay" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Albay Forever; D.
Poverty incidence of Albay 10 20 30 40 50 2006 36.43 2009 36.71 2012 40.96 2015 26.20 2018 21.17 2021 15.40 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Pili nuts (unshelled) Agriculture is the main industry in Albay, which produces crops like coconut, rice, sugar and abacá. Handicrafts are the major source of rural income and comprises a fairly large share in the small-scale industries of the ...
Spanish for "The Pineapples"; the city's old name however is "Las Peñas" meaning "The Rocks". [22] Legazpi: Albay: Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines. Ligao: Albay: from ticao, a Bicolano word for a tree with poisonous leaves. Lipa: Batangas: from lipa, a Philippine linden tree. Lucena: none
Daraga is located at , in the south-west portion of Albay province, along the Maharlika Highway, making it accessible from Manila, the Visayas, and the other municipalities of eastern Bicol Peninsula. It is roughly "boot-shaped", with the "tall" part ranging 13.05–13.25° north latitude and 123.66–123.73° east longitude and the "wide" part ...
In time, the name was also later applied to the province over which the town of Albay (now Legazpi City) served as the capital. 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]
The Ibalong Festival is a non-religious festival in Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines based on the Ibalong Epic, and is held on August.The festival celebrates the epic story Ibalong who was accompanied by three legendary heroes, namely Baltog, Handyong, and Bantong.
Malinao, officially the Municipality of Malinao (Central Bikol: Banwaan kan Malinao; Tagalog: Bayan ng Malinao), is a municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 47,395 people. [3]