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Las Piñas: none: 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 ...
Las Piñas (Tagalog: [las ˈpiɲɐs], officially the City of Las Piñas (Filipino: Lungsod ng Las Piñas), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 606,293 people. [3] Las Piñas was sixth in MoneySense Philippines "Best Places To Live" report in 2008. [5]
Las Piñas: Filipino for "red earth," in reference to its old industry of tisa or brick production. [48] Putatan: Muntinlupa: 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 ...
After the city's etymology. [2] [3] Angono: Rizal: Calabarzon: Art Capital of the Philippines Due to the town being able to produce two National Artists despite its small population; namely, Botong Francisco for painting and Lucio San Pedro for music. The nickname is unofficial in the sense that there is no legal document conferring the title ...
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.
A 1734 map of Intramuros, from the Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Yslas Filipinas An 1851 map of Intramuros. Legazpi declared the area of Manila as the new capital of the Spanish colony on June 24, 1571, because of its strategic location and rich resources.
An inscription in an old church bell of Las Piñas Church stating – "Siendo Cura-del Pueblo de Las Peñas el M.R.P. Padre Diego Cera se Fundio este equilon ano de 1820". During the time of Diego Cera, the name of the town was "Las Peñas" until it was changed to "Las Piñas". [8]
The earliest recorded History of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, dates back to the year 900 AD, as documented in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription.By the thirteenth century, the city consisted of a fortified settlement and trading quarter near the mouth of the Pasig River, which bisects the city into the north and south.