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  2. List of province nicknames in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Region Nickname(s) Notes Benguet: Cordillera Administrative Region: Salad Bowl of the Philippines After the province vegetable cultivation industry. [1] Nickname also applies to the town of La Trinidad. [2] Camiguin: Northern Mindanao: Island Born of Fire Due to the island province's volcanic origin. [3] Cebu: Central Visayas: The Gateway to a ...

  3. Benguet - Wikipedia

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    Benguet (IPA: [bɛŋˈɡɛt]), officially the Province of Benguet (Ibaloi: Probinsya ne Benguet; Kankanaey: Probinsyan di Benguet; Pangasinan: Luyag/Probinsia na Benguet; Ilocano: Probinsia ti Benguet; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Benguet), is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the southern tip of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the island of Luzon.

  4. List of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines

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    Cordillera Administrative Region: Strawberry Capital of the Philippines After the town's strawberry cultivation industry. [44] Salad Bowl of the Philippines After the town's vegetable cultivation industry. [44] Nickname also applies to the Benguet province. [45] Lapu-Lapu City: Cebu (geographically only) Central Visayas: Historic Resort City

  5. Soccsksargen - Wikipedia

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    Soccsksargen (officially stylized in all caps; [3] [sokˈsardʒɛn]), formerly known as Central Mindanao, is an administrative region of the Philippines, designated as Region XII. Located in south-central Mindanao, its name is an acronym that stands for the region's four provinces and one highly urbanized city (South Cotabato or Cotabato del ...

  6. Filipino cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Filipino cuisine is composed of the cuisines of more than a hundred distinct ethnolinguistic groups found throughout the Philippine archipelago.A majority of mainstream Filipino dishes that comprise Filipino cuisine are from the food traditions of various ethnolinguistic groups and tribes of the archipelago, including the Ilocano, Pangasinan, Kapampangan, Tagalog, Bicolano, Visayan, Chavacano ...

  7. Island groups of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines is divided into three island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippines is divided into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Luzon and Mindanao archipelagoes are both named after the largest island in their respective groups, while the Visayas (also referred to as the Visayan Islands) is an ...

  8. Mindanao - Wikipedia

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    Mindanao (/ ˌ m ɪ n d ə ˈ n aʊ / ⓘ MIN-də-NOW) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of the same name that also includes its adjacent islands, notably the Sulu Archipelago.

  9. Central Luzon - Wikipedia

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    Poverty incidence of Central Luzon 2.5 5 7.5 10 12.5 15 2006 13.08 2009 13.69 2012 12.95 2015 10.53 2018 7.04 2021 8.30 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Gallery Baler, Aurora Gapan, Nueva Ecija Macabebe, Pampanga Pandi, Bulacan Tarlac City Notable people Main articles: Aurora (province) § Notable people, Bataan § Notable people, List of people from Bulacan, Nueva Ecija § Notable ...