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Milagros is politically subdivided into 27 barangays with one island barangay and one island sitio. It is located at the southern part of the Masbate Island duplicating boomerang shape of the Island. It is bounded out the north by the Mobo, Baleno, Masbate City, Mobo, North – East by Uson North West by Aroroy, Mandaon and Balud, On the East ...
The Spaniards found several gold mines in the mountains now covered by the town of Aroroy. And in the 1850s, there were Spanish settlements in Masbate. the town of Masbate was first founded in 1864. they later founded the Pueblo de Cervantéz (later named Placer) and the Town of Milagros in 1869 and the town of Malobago (Cataingan) in 1872. [5]
The province of Masbate is known as cattle country. The cattle breed found on the island was taken from herds in India that have flourished in the benign climate of the island. The province is the second largest supplier of cattle that is brought to Manila for slaughter.
Poverty incidence of Masbate 10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 53.57 2009 56.33 2012 51.32 2015 45.44 2018 32.95 2021 20.20 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Masbate is endowed with rich natural resources. In line with its agriculture are other industries such as large farming, livestock, and poultry raising. Along with its coastal areas, the fishing industry predominates. Agricultural lands are ...
Milagros, Masbate ("miracles", derived from Milagros de Nuestra Señora, Spanish for "The Miracles of Our Lady.") Mina, Iloilo ("mine") Minglanilla, Cebu (named after the town of Minglanilla in Castile-La Mancha, Spain.) Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental (Spanish name. Named after a Filipino politician.)
There are several accounts on the origins of the word Masbate.One account says that it came from the words masa 'to mix' and batî 'to beat'. The other account says it came from mas batî 'heard better' as in Lumúsad kamó kag umapíke agúd mas batî an íyo ginasábi 'Get down here and get closer so that we can hear better whatever you're saying.'
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).
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