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The Texas state legislature has officially granted many Texas cities honorary designations as the state's "capital" of something. [1] City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [ 2 ]
Siquijor, officially the Municipality of Siquijor (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Siquijor; Tagalog: Bayan ng Siquijor), is a municipality and capital of the province of Siquijor, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 28,915 people making it the most populous town in the province.
Siquijor (/ ˌ s ɪ k i ˈ h ɔːr / SIK-ee-HOR, Tagalog: [sɪkɪˈhɔɾ]), officially the Province of Siquijor (Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Siquijor; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Siquijor), is a Philippine island province (the third smallest in the country, in terms of population and land area) [4] located within the Negros Island Region.
Pages in category "Municipalities of Siquijor" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
Patrick Churchill Jack, attorney and early Texas colonist, and his brother William Houston Jack, both veterans of the Texas Revolution who founded the city and for whom the county is also named Jasper: Jasper: William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero Jayton: Kent: the Jay family, early ranchers in the area Jefferson: Marion: Thomas Jefferson ...
Portal:Texas/Cities/2. Dallas is the third-most-populous city in the state of Texas and the ninth-most-populous in the United States. The city is also large in geographic area as it covers 385 square miles (997 km²) and is the county seat of Dallas County.
Monclova, first provincial capital of Texas, 1686, and again in 1833; Los Adaes (modern day Robeline, Louisiana), 1721 to 1772; San Antonio, 1772 to 1824; San Felipe de Austin, now the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, headquarters of the Colony of Texas
The 1971 Siquijor creation plebiscite was a plebiscite on the separation of the sub-province of Siquijor from the province of Negros Oriental in order to become its own province as stipulated in Republic Act No. 6398 that was passed on September 17, 1971. [1] A plebiscite on selecting the capital of the new province was also held simultaneously.