List of province nicknames in the Philippines explained
This partial list of province nicknames in the Philippines compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that provinces in the Philippines are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
Current official nicknames are highlighted in bold.
List
| Province | Region | Nickname(s) | Notes |
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| 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] |
| | | After the province's banana industry, accounting for a third of the Philippines' total banana production as of 2018.[4] [5] |
| | Cattle Country of the Philippines | Due to the cattle-raising being a major part of the province's industry.[6] |
| 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.[7] |
| Negros Occidental | Western Visayas | Sugar Bowl of the Philippines | After the province's sugarcane industry. The province accounts about 60 percent of the Philippines' sugar output as of 2020.[8] |
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See also
Notes and References
- News: Averting an agricultural and ecological crisis in the Philippines' salad bowl . March 15, 2021 . Mongabay Environmental News . March 13, 2020.
- News: Benguet rep calls for preservation of La Trinidad strawberry farms . March 15, 2021 . Philippine News Agency . March 9, 2018 . en.
- News: Supetran . Bernard L. . Camiguin: 'Island on Fire' . March 30, 2021 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . April 27, 2019 . en.
- News: Yuan . Mengchen . Zheng . Xin . Agnote . Dario . Feature: Filipino banana growers reap fruits from ties with China . https://web.archive.org/web/20181119050154/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-11/19/c_137617021.htm . dead . November 19, 2018 . March 30, 2021 . Xinhua . November 19, 2018.
- News: Doquila . Gilford A. . Challenges hound banana industry in 2018 . March 30, 2021 . Sunstar . December 13, 2018 . English.
- Web site: Macapagal-Arroyo . Gloria . Executive Order No. 120, s. 2002 . Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines . March 30, 2021 . September 2, 2002.
- News: Escandor . Juan Jr. . Tourism frontier in rodeo capital . March 30, 2021 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . July 9, 2017 . en.
- News: Nicavera . Erwin . Sugar-rice intercropping seen to boost rice yield in NegOcc . March 30, 2021 . Philippine News Agency . September 2, 2020 . en.
