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  2. List of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines

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    Signage in Los Baños showing its nickname. This partial list of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities and municipalities in the Philippines are known by (or have been known historically by), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders, or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.

  3. List of province nicknames in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Rodeo Capital of the Philippines Nickname officially given through Executive Order No. 120 issued by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2002. After the province's rodeo tradition which is an offshoot of the province's cattle-raising practice.

  4. List of Philippine city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The more than 140 cities in the Philippines as of 2022 have taken their names from a variety of languages both indigenous (Austronesian) and foreign (mostly Spanish).The majority of Philippine cities derive their names from the major regional languages where they are spoken including Tagalog (), Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Bicolano, Kapampangan and Pangasinense.

  5. List of cities in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    For instance, 1st class cities have an income of ₱ 400 million or more, while 6th class cities earn less than ₱ 80 million in a four-year period. Each city is governed by both the Local Government Code of 1991 [2] and the city's own municipal charter, under the laws of the Philippines.

  6. Nicknames of Manila - Wikipedia

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    Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, is known by a number of nicknames, aliases, sobriquets and slogans, both officially and unofficially, now and in the past. The city is most popularly referred to as the Pearl of the Orient. This nickname appears in the lyrics of the city's official hymn and is also depicted in the city's coat of arms ...

  7. List of cities and municipalities in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    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 ).

  8. Category:City nicknames by country - Wikipedia

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    List of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines; List of city nicknames in Puerto Rico; S. ... List of city nicknames in the United States;

  9. List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines

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    nicknames; on islands ... world urban areas: The following is a list of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines. Luzon ... [66] → Rizal City (1947) [67 ...