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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 ...
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.
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
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 ...
During the Philippine Revolution, in July 1898, Filipino revolutionary forces under the Ibaloi chieftain Juan Cariño and Pedro Paterno liberated La Trinidad from the Spaniards and took over the government, proclaiming Benguet as a province of the new Philippine Republic, with La Trinidad as its capital.
Poverty incidence of Nueva Ecija 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 26.51 2009 29.88 2012 25.20 2015 20.70 2018 8.55 2021 10.00 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Nueva Ecija is the biggest rice producer in Central Luzon and in the Philippines, thus, often referred to as the Rice Bowl of the Philippines. Rice fields in Guimba Nueva Ecija is considered the main rice growing province of the Philippines ...
The largest plain of the nation is situated in the Central Luzon region and produces most of the national rice supply, earning itself the nickname "Rice Bowl of the Philippines". The plains encompass the provinces of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Pangasinan.
The breadbasket of a country or of a region is an area which, because of the richness of the soil and/or advantageous climate, produces large quantities of wheat or other grain. Rice bowl is a similar term used to refer to Southeast Asia; [1] California's Salinas Valley is sometimes referred to as America's salad bowl.