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Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal (Filipino: Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Antipolo. It is about 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) east of Manila. The province is named after José Rizal, one of the main national
The pronunciation of both the former president's and the province's current name in Spanish, English and Filipino places the emphasis on the first syllable ("KE-son") and not on the last ("ke-SON"), which the erroneous Spanish spelling variant Quezón [91] suggests. Quirino. Spanish surname.
Cattle Country of the Philippines Due to the cattle-raising being a major part of the province's industry. [8] 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 ...
The nickname or "tagline" highlights the Ibanag ethnolinguistic group. [87] Vigan: Ilocos Sur: Ilocos Region: Heritage City This city is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites [88] and it is one of the few Spanish colonial towns left in the Philippines whose old structures have mostly remained intact like Calle Crisologo. Zamboanga City
This is a list of terms which are used, or have been used in the past, to designate the residents of specific provinces of the Philippines. These terms sometimes overlap with demonyms of ethnic groups in the Philippines, which are also used as identifiers in common parlance. [1] * denotes an endonym, i.e., a name from the area's indigenous ...
Sikaran is a Filipino Martial Art that involves hand and mostly foot fighting. As Sikaran is a general term for kicking which is also used as the name of the kicking aspects of other Filipino Martial arts, this article discusses the distinct art which is specifically practiced in the Rizal province that focuses almost exclusively in kicking.
Talim Island, the largest island in Laguna de Bay, is under the jurisdiction of the province of Rizal. Quezon province is mountainous, with few plains and swamps, and the tail-end of the Sierra Madre running through it. Quezon is a narrow province, with the Tayabas Isthmus comprising the southern part of the province and connecting it to the ...
Rizal-class corvette, a class of Philippine Navy corvettes; BRP Rizal, the lead ship of the Rizal-class corvettes of the Philippine Navy; SS Rizal, a cargo ship which was sunk by a German submarine in World War I; USS Rizal, a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy