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Adiponectin is a protein hormone secreted almost exclusively by adipocytes that enhances insulin sensitivity and fatty-acid oxidation while exerting anti-inflammatory…

Agdangan is a fifth-income-class coastal municipality in Quezon Province, Philippines, facing Tayabas Bay. Created on April 1, 1939 when President…

Agusan Marsh · Agusan peat swamp

The Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary is the largest wetland and most extensive freshwater marsh in the Philippines, in the Agusan…

Ilog Agusan (Filipino) · Agusan Grande

The Agusan River is the third-longest river in the Philippines, flowing roughly 390 kilometres (240 mi) through the Agusan Valley…

Alabat is a fifth-income-class island municipality in Quezon Province, Philippines, located centrally on the eponymous Alabat Island between Lamon Bay…

Alangalang is a first-class landlocked municipality in Leyte province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines. Founded in 1748, it comprises 54 barangays and…

Alegria is a fifth-income class municipality in Surigao del Norte, Caraga Region, Philippines. Covering 65.28 square kilometers, it has 12…

Alfonso · The Flower Town of Cavite (informal)

Alfonso is a third-income-class municipality in Cavite, Philippines, on the elevated Tagaytay ridge adjacent to Tagaytay City and Indang. A…

The Alternative Learning System (ALS) is the Department of Education's non-formal pathway to basic education for out-of-school youth and adults,…

Coffee Capital of the Philippines · Pahimis Town

Amadeo is a fifth-income-class municipality in Cavite, Philippines, recognized as the "Coffee Capital of the Philippines." It is a small…

Amulung is a municipality in Cagayan, Philippines, spread across the floodplain of the lower Cagayan River between Tuguegarao City and…

Angeles, Pampanga · "Entertainment Capital of Central Luzon"

Angeles City is a highly urbanized city in Pampanga, Philippines, within the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone corridor in…

"Art Capital of the Philippines" · Home of the Higantes Festival

Angono is a first-income-class urban municipality in Rizal province, Philippines, along the shores of Laguna de Bay. Officially recognized as…

Pilgrimage Capital of the Philippines · City in the Sky

Antipolo, officially the City of Antipolo, is a highly urbanized city and the capital of Rizal Province on the island…

Apalit is a first income-class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines, located along the Pampanga River in…

Aparri is a coastal municipality at the northern rim of Cagayan, Philippines, where the Cagayan River, the country's longest, empties…

Arayat is a first income-class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines, situated at the southern base of…

Atimonan is a first-income-class municipality in Quezon Province, Philippines, founded on February 4, 1608. A coastal town along the route…

Birthplace of Philippine Surfing · Pacific Coast Province

Aurora is a coastal Philippine province on the eastern seaboard of Luzon in the Cagayan Valley region (Region II). Its…

Aurora is a first-income-class municipality in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines, and the easternmost municipality in the province, bounded by the…

Ayala Corporation is the oldest and one of the largest publicly listed conglomerates in the Philippines. Founded in 1834, it…

City of Smiles · Sugar Capital of the Philippines (shared with the province)

Bacolod is a highly urbanized city and the capital of Negros Occidental province in the Philippines, on the northwestern coast…

First Capital of the Philippine Republic · Salt Center of Cavite (historical)

Bacoor, officially the City of Bacoor, is a highly urbanized city in Cavite province on the island of Luzon in…

Bacuag is a fifth-income class coastal municipality in Surigao del Norte, Caraga Region, Philippines. Covering 95.85 square kilometers, it has…

Balayan is a first-income-class municipality in Batangas, Philippines, formally founded on December 8, 1578. One of the province's oldest settlements,…

Balete is an inland municipality in Aklan province, Western Visayas, Philippines, lying to the east of the provincial capital, Kalibo.…

Baliuag · Baliwag, Bulacan

Baliwag (also spelled Baliuag) is a first-income-class urban municipality in Bulacan province, Philippines. Located along the Pan-Philippine Highway (Cagayan Valley…

Gateway to the Banaue Rice Terraces · "Eighth Wonder of the World" town (tagline applied to the terraces)

Banaue, officially the Municipality of Banaue, is a fourth-income-class municipality in Ifugao province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is the…

Banaue Rice Terraces · Hagdan-hagdan (Filipino, "steps")

The Banaue Rice Terraces are irrigated terraced rice fields carved into the mountains of Banaue, Ifugao, in the Cordillera Central…

Bangued Abra · Capital of Abra

Bangued is a first-income-class municipality and the capital of the province of Abra in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) of…

Bani is a second income-class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Ilocos Region (Region I), Philippines, located along the western…

"Coffee Town of Davao del Sur" · Part of the Bansalan-Magsaysay-Matanao (BaMaMa) corridor

Bansalan, officially the Municipality of Bansalan, is an upland municipality in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, lying on…

Bantay is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines, lying immediately east of Vigan, the provincial capital. Set…

Baras, Rizal · Inland town of Baras

Baras is a fifth-income-class municipality in Rizal province, Philippines, located inland along the eastern coast of Laguna de Bay. One…

Barbaza is an inland municipality in the province of Antique, Western Visayas, Philippines. Situated in the central part of the…

Barobo is a third-income class coastal municipality in Surigao del Sur, Caraga Region, Philippines. Established on October 24, 1960, it…

Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the energy the body burns at complete rest to sustain vital work — brain, liver,…

Basco Batanes · Capital of Batanes

Basco is a municipality and the capital of Batanes in the Cagayan Valley region of the Philippines. It is the…

Basey (pronounced "Bah-SAY") is a first-class municipality in the province of Samar, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, established in 1591 and among…

Basud, officially the Municipality of Basud, is a municipality in Camarines Norte, Philippines, with about 43,388 people per the 2024…

Batan is a coastal municipality in Aklan province, Western Visayas, Philippines, lying along the eastern coast of Panay Island near…

Home of Taal Volcano · Land of the Barako (Coffee)

Batangas is a Philippine province in the Calabarzon region (Region IV-A). Its capital is Batangas City, an industrial port center.…

Bato is a fourth-income-class coastal municipality in southwestern Leyte province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines. It comprises 32 barangays over about 72.45…

"Heart of the Chocolate Hills Country" · Batuan Heritage Town

Batuan is a fourth-class municipality in the interior of Bohol, Philippines, within the Chocolate Hills region. It is an agricultural…

Bauan is a first-income-class municipality in Batangas, Philippines, and part of the Metro Batangas growth corridor. Founded as an independent…

Bayambang is a first income-class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Ilocos Region (Region I), Philippines. Located in central Pangasinan,…

Bayombong Nueva Vizcaya · Capital of Nueva Vizcaya

Bayombong is a first-income-class municipality and the capital of the province of Nueva Vizcaya in the Cagayan Valley region of…

Bayugan City is a fifth-income-class component city in Agusan del Sur province in the Caraga Region (Region XIII), Philippines. It…

The Bicol Region (Region V) is an administrative region in the southeastern part of Luzon, Philippines, comprising six provinces (Albay,…

Bilar Man-Made Forest Town · Mahogany Forest of Bohol

Bilar is a fourth-class municipality in the interior of Bohol, Philippines, along the road connecting Tagbilaran City to the Chocolate…

Biliran is an island province of the Philippines in the Eastern Visayas region (Region VIII). Its capital is Naval. One…

Binangonan, Rizal · Lakeside town of Rizal

Binangonan is a first-income-class urban municipality in Rizal province, Philippines, along the northern shores of Laguna de Bay. It combines…

Binmaley is a first income-class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Ilocos Region (Region I), Philippines. Situated along the Pantal…

Bislig City is a third-income-class component city in Surigao del Sur province in the Caraga Region (Region XIII), Philippines. It…

Boac Marinduque · Montserrat de Marinduque (historical)

Boac is a first-income-class municipality and the capital of the province of Marinduque in the Mimaropa region of the Philippines.…

Northern Commercial Hub of Cebu (informal) · City of Bogo

Bogo, officially the City of Bogo (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Bogo; Filipino: Lungsod ng Bogo), is a component city in the…

Bolinao is a first income-class municipality at the northwestern tip of the province of Pangasinan, Ilocos Region (Region I), Philippines.…

BGC · The Fort (from Fort Bonifacio)

Bonifacio Global City (BGC) is a master-planned urban development and financial district in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. Developed on the…

The Bontoc (Bontok) are an ethnolinguistic group of Mountain Province in the Cordillera Central, Philippines. Numbering over 150,000, they inhabit…

Bugasong is a coastal municipality in the southern part of Antique province, Western Visayas, Philippines. Facing the Sulu Sea along…

Home of Lolong the crocodile · Riverside municipality of the lower Agusan River

Bunawan, officially the Municipality of Bunawan, is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines, within the Caraga…

BIR · Kawanihan ng Panloob na Kita (Filipino)

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is the revenue collection agency of the Philippine government responsible for the assessment and…

Timber City of the South · Home of the Balangay

Butuan, officially the City of Butuan, is a highly urbanized city in the Caraga region (Region XIII) on the island…

Cabarroguis Quirino · Capital of Quirino

Cabarroguis is a third-income-class municipality and the capital of the province of Quirino in the Cagayan Valley region of the…

Rio Grande de Cagayan · Cagayan de Cagayan

The Cagayan River (Ilokano: Karayan Cagayan; Filipino: Ilog Cagayan), also known as the Rio Grande de Cagayan, is the longest…

Cagayan Valley (Region II) is an administrative region in the Philippines occupying the northeastern portion of Luzon. It comprises five…

"Bibingka Capital of the Philippines" · Cainta, Rizal

Cainta is a first-income-class urban municipality in Rizal province, Philippines, located immediately east of Metro Manila. One of the oldest…

CALABARZON (Region IV-A) is an administrative region in the southern part of Luzon, Philippines, composed of five provinces (Cavite, Laguna,…

Calape Bay Area · Pangangan Island (linked islet)

Calape is a fourth-class municipality on the southwestern coast of Bohol, Philippines, facing the Cebu Strait. It is known for…

Calasiao is a first income-class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Ilocos Region (Region I), Philippines, adjacent to the capital…

Calatagan is a third-income-class municipality on a peninsula in western Batangas, Philippines, formally founded on January 1, 1912. It is…

Calauag is a first-income-class municipality in southeastern Quezon Province, Philippines, near the boundary with the Bicol Region. Settlement in the…

Calbiga is a fourth-income-class municipality in Samar province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, facing Maqueda Bay. It comprises 41 barangays over about…

Calintaan, officially the Municipality of Calintaan, is a municipality in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, with about 31,088 people per the 2024…

The Divided City (North and South Caloocan) · City of Caloocan

Caloocan, officially the City of Caloocan (Filipino: Lungsod ng Kalookan), is a highly urbanized first-class city in Metro Manila, Philippines.…

Calorie Deficit · Energy Deficit

A caloric deficit is a physiological state in which an individual's energy expenditure exceeds their energy intake over a specified…

Camarines Norte is a province of the Philippines in the Bicol Region (Region V) of Luzon. Its capital is Daet.…

Camarines Sur is a province of the Philippines in the Bicol Region (Region V) of Luzon. Its capital is Pili,…

Candelaria is a first-income-class municipality in Quezon Province, Philippines, founded on August 5, 1879. A progressive agricultural center, it is…

Cantilan is a municipality in Surigao del Sur, Caraga Region, Philippines, recognized as a heritage town and the "Cradle of…

Capalonga, officially the Municipality of Capalonga, is a municipality in Camarines Norte, Philippines, with about 32,800 people per the 2024…

Caraga (Region XIII) is an administrative region in the northeastern part of Mindanao, Philippines, created in 1995 by Republic Act…

Survivor filming islands (media tag) · Caramoan Peninsula

Caramoan is a municipality and peninsula in Camarines Sur, Philippines, known for limestone karst islands, white-sand coves, and clear waters.…

Heritage City of Cebu (informal) · City of Carcar

Carcar, officially the City of Carcar (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Carcar; Filipino: Lungsod ng Carcar), is a component city in the…

Cardona, Rizal · Lakeside town of Cardona

Cardona is a fourth-income-class municipality in Rizal province, Philippines, along the northern shore of Laguna de Bay. One of the…

Carmen is a municipality in Surigao del Sur, Caraga Region, Philippines. Established in 1918, it covers 160.01 square kilometers and…

Carmona · The Industrial Estate Town (informal)

Carmona is a first-income-class municipality in Cavite, Philippines, inland in the central province between Biñan/Santa Rosa to the east and…

Carrascal is a municipality in Surigao del Sur, Caraga Region, Philippines, heavily reliant on large-scale mining. Covering 265.80 square kilometers,…

Cauayan, officially the City of Cauayan, is a component city in Isabela, Philippines, and the primary trade and service center…

The Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) is an 8.9-kilometer toll bridge expressway in Metro Cebu, Philippines, connecting the South Road Properties…

Central Luzon (Region III) is an administrative region on the largest island of the Philippines, occupying the central plain of…

Central Visayas (Region VII) is an administrative region in the central Philippines, comprising the provinces of Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental,…

Government Recognition (CHED) · Certificate of Program Compliance (COPC)

CHED Recognition, officially known as government recognition granted by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), is the formal, mandatory authorization…

The Chocolate Hills are a geological formation of approximately 1,268 cone-shaped limestone hills spread across an area of over 50…

Clark Freeport · CFZ

The Clark Freeport Zone is a special economic and freeport zone occupying the site of the former Clark Air Base…

CRK · Clark Airport

Clark International Airport (IATA: CRK, ICAO: RPLC) is a major international airport within the Clark Freeport Zone in Angeles and…

Claver is a municipality in Surigao del Norte, Caraga Region, Philippines, known as a major nickel mining center. Established on…

Commercial Structure · Business Property

A Commercial Building is a structure designed, constructed, and utilized primarily for commercial activities, including offices, retail shops, wholesale trade,…

Corazon Cojuangco Aquino (January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino stateswoman, eleventh President of the Philippines (1986–1992)…

The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is the only landlocked region in the Philippines, located in the northern-central portion of Luzon.…

Wreck Diving Capital of the Philippines · Gateway to the Calamianes

Coron is a first-class municipality on Busuanga Island in northern Palawan, Philippines, world-famous for WWII wreck diving and for Coron…

Cotabato City, Maguindanao · Regional center of BARMM

Cotabato City is a highly urbanized city in the Philippines that serves as the regional center of the Bangsamoro Autonomous…

Cuartero is a third-income-class, landlocked municipality in Capiz, Western Visayas, Philippines. Surrounded by Dao, Dumalag, Dumarao, and Maayon, it covers…

Culasi is a coastal municipality in the northern part of Antique province, Western Visayas, Philippines, facing the Sulu Sea. It…

Daet Camarines Norte · Capital of Camarines Norte

Daet is a first-income-class municipality and the capital of the province of Camarines Norte in the Bicol Region of the…

Dagami is a third-class municipality in Leyte province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, with a deep agricultural and revolutionary heritage. Established as…

"Town Named After a Hero" · Francisco Dagohoy Memorial Town

Dagohoy is a fifth-class municipality in the interior of Bohol, Philippines, named in honor of Francisco Dagohoy, the Boholano leader…

Dapitan City is a third-income-class component city in Zamboanga del Norte province in the Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX), Philippines. It…

Daraga, officially the Municipality of Daraga (Central Bikol: Banwaan kan Daraga), is a first-class municipality in Albay, Philippines, with about…

Municipality of Datu Blah T. Sinsuat · Datu Blah Sinsuat

Datu Blah, officially the Municipality of Datu Blah T. Sinsuat, is a coastal municipality in the province of Maguindanao del…

Golfo de Davao · Gulf of Davao

The Davao Gulf is a major gulf located in the southern portion of Mindanao island in the Philippines. It is…

The Davao Region (Region XI) is an administrative region in the southeastern part of Mindanao, Philippines. It comprises four provinces…

DA · Kagawaran ng Agrikultura (Filipino)

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for promoting agricultural and fisheries development…

Digos City is a third-income-class component city and capital of Davao del Sur province in the Davao Region (Region XI),…

Dimataling is a fourth-income-class coastal municipality in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines, bordering Illana Bay and Maligay Bay of the Moro…

San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish · Pahangog Twin Falls

Dimiao is a fifth-class municipality on the southern coast of Bohol, Philippines. It is recognized for its Spanish-era heritage church…

Dingras is a landlocked municipality in Ilocos Norte, Philippines, occupying one of the widest inland plains of the province. Long…

Don Marcelino is a third-income-class municipality in Davao Occidental, Davao Region (Region XI), Philippines. A coastal municipality, it is bounded…

Whale Shark Capital of the World · Butanding town

Donsol is a municipality in Sorsogon, Philippines, at the head of Ticao Pass, internationally known as the "Whale Shark Capital…

Dulag is a second-class coastal municipality in Leyte province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, fronting Leyte Gulf on the island's eastern seaboard.…

Dumarao is a second-income-class municipality in Capiz, Western Visayas, Philippines. Located about 45 kilometers from Roxas City, it covers 232.56…

Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) is an administrative region in the Philippines occupying the eastern portion of the Visayas island group.…

Bacuit (former name until 1954) · Gateway to Bacuit Bay

El Nido is a first-class municipality in northern Palawan, Philippines, renowned for Bacuit Bay's limestone karst cliffs, hidden lagoons, and…

El Salvador City is a fifth-income-class component city in Misamis Oriental province in Northern Mindanao (Region X), Philippines. It had…

Agricultural municipality of central Agusan del Sur · Rice and corn-producing town along the provincial highway

Esperanza, officially the Municipality of Esperanza, is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines, within the Caraga…

Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães, c. 1480–1521) was a Portuguese explorer who organized and led the Spanish expedition that…

Fire Safety and Prevention · Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Operations

Fire Protection refers to the comprehensive system of regulations, technologies, structural designs, and emergency services dedicated to preventing, suppressing, and…

Floridablanca is a first income-class municipality in southwestern Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines, lying where the Central Luzon plains meet the…

Davao International Airport · DVO

The Francisco Bangoy International Airport (IATA: DVO), commonly known as Davao International Airport, is the main airport serving Davao City…

Ganassi is a fourth-income-class municipality in Lanao del Sur, within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Philippines. It…

Gandara is a second-income-class municipality in Samar province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, set along the Gandara River. It comprises about 70…

Garcia Hernandez (without hyphen, common spelling) · "Rice and Coconut Town of Southern Bohol"

Garcia-Hernandez is a fourth-class municipality in the southern interior of Bohol, Philippines, along the road connecting the southern coast to…

1. Definition Garcinia is a plant genus in the Clusiaceae family, native to Asia, America, and Africa. Consisting of evergreen…

1. Definition Garcinia mangostana is the scientific botanical name for the mangosteen tree, a tropical evergreen species indigenous to Southeast…

Gattaran is a municipality in Cagayan, Philippines, in the lower valley north of Tuguegarao, known in the region for cattle…

GMA · The Resettlement Town (informal)

General Mariano Alvarez (GMA) is a fifth-income-class municipality in Cavite, Philippines. Created in the late 20th century as a resettlement…

General Santos City, widely called GenSan, is a highly urbanized city in South Cotabato within the SOCCSKSARGEN region (Region XII)…

San Francisco de Malabon (historical) · Malabon (1914-1920)

General Trias is a first-class municipality (and city by some recent classifications) in the province of Cavite, Philippines. Originally founded…

Gigaquit is a fourth-income class municipality in Surigao del Norte, Caraga Region, Philippines. It covers 138.11 square kilometers, has 13…

Gingoog City is a second-income-class component city in Misamis Oriental province in Northern Mindanao (Region X), Philippines. It had a…

Glan is a first-income-class municipality in Sarangani, Soccsksargen (Region XII), Philippines. Located east of Sarangani Bay, west of Davao Occidental,…

Goa, officially the Municipality of Goa, is a first-class municipality in Camarines Sur, Philippines, with about 71,651 people per the…

Guagua is a first income-class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines. Historically a major commercial and river-trade…

Guinobatan, officially the Municipality of Guinobatan, is a first-class municipality in Albay, Philippines, with about 84,420 people per the 2024…

Gumaca is a first-income-class municipality in Quezon Province, Philippines, established on November 13, 1582. One of the oldest towns in…

Banana-producing municipality of Davao del Sur · Lowland farming neighbor of Digos City

Hagonoy, officially the Municipality of Hagonoy, is a municipality in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, within Region XI…

The Halsema Highway — also the Benguet–Mountain Province Road, the Baguio–Bontoc Road, or simply the Mountain Trail — is a…

Hamtic is a municipality in Antique province, Western Visayas, Philippines, immediately adjoining the provincial capital, San Jose de Buenavista. It…

Ocean Freight Rates · Maritime Freight Rates

High Sea Shipping Rates (commonly referred to as maritime freight rates or ocean freight rates) are the financial charges levied…

Hinatuan is a second-income class municipality in Surigao del Sur, Caraga Region, Philippines. Covering 299.10 square kilometers, it has 24…

Hundred Islands · Hundred Islands National Park (HINP)

The Hundred Islands National Park is a protected area in Alaminos, Pangasinan, comprising 124 islands and islets (123 at low…

The HydraFacial is a patented multi-step treatment that cleanses, exfoliates, extracts impurities, and hydrates the skin in one session using…

City of Ilagan · Ilagan City

Ilagan is a component city and the capital of the province of Isabela in the Cagayan Valley region of the…

Ilocos Region (Region I) is an administrative region in the northwest of Luzon, Philippines, comprising four provinces (Ilocos Norte, Ilocos…

City of Love · City of Majestic Mansions

Iloilo City is a highly urbanized city on the southern coast of Panay Island and the regional center of Western…

Impasug-ong (alternate spelling) · Higaonon highland municipality of Bukidnon

Impasugong, officially the Municipality of Impasugong (Binukid and Higaonon: Banuwa ta Impasug-ung; also spelled Impasug-ong), is a municipality in the…

Flag Capital of the Philippines · City of Patriots

Imus, officially the City of Imus, is a highly urbanized city in Cavite province on the island of Luzon in…

The University Town of Cavite (informal) · Home of Cavite State University

Indang is a first-income-class municipality in Cavite, Philippines, on the inland plateau west of Tagaytay. It is an agricultural and…

Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) · Native Filipinos

Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines (officially referred to as Indigenous Cultural Communities or ICCs) are distinct ethnolinguistic groups that have…

Metabolic insensitivity to insulin · Impaired insulin sensitivity

Insulin Resistance is a pathological condition in which the body's cells — primarily in skeletal muscle, adipose tissue, and the…

Integrated Reorganization Plan · IRP No. 1

The Integrated Reorganization Plan No. 1, often abbreviated as IRP No. 1 or simply the Integrated Reorganization Plan, was a…

Time-Restricted Feeding · Time-Restricted Eating

Intermittent fasting (IF) is an eating pattern that cycles between designated periods of voluntary fasting and eating. Unlike conventional dietary…

Ivisan is a coastal municipality in Capiz province, Western Visayas, Philippines, located west of Roxas City and facing coastal waters…

Jabonga is a third-income class municipality in Agusan del Norte, Caraga Region, Philippines, situated along Lake Mainit. Covering 293 square…

Calamay Capital of Bohol · Jagna Port

Jagna is a fourth-class municipality on the southeastern coast of Bohol, Philippines, facing the Bohol Sea. It is one of…

Javier is a fourth-income-class municipality in Leyte province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, located along the Leyte Gulf. Founded as a municipality…

Jordan is a Middle Eastern kingdom, a stabilizing state in a volatile region, hosting refugees from successive crises. It counts…

Jordan is a second-income-class municipality and the capital of the island-province of Guimaras, Western Visayas, Philippines. Bounded by Buenavista to…

Jose Abad Santos (February 19, 1886 - May 2, 1942) was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of…

Jose Abad Santos is a first-income-class municipality in Davao Occidental, Davao Region (Region XI), Philippines, and the southernmost municipality on…

Jose Panganiban, officially the Municipality of Jose Panganiban, is a coastal municipality in Camarines Norte, Philippines, with about 60,626 people…

Ati-Atihan Town · Capital of Aklan

Kalibo, officially the Municipality of Kalibo, is a first-income-class municipality and the capital of Aklan province in Western Visayas, Philippines.…

Nutritional Ketosis · Ketogenic State

Ketosis is a metabolic state characterized by elevated levels of ketone bodies—namely beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), acetoacetate, and acetone—in the blood, tissues,…

Kiamba is a first-income-class municipality in Sarangani, Soccsksargen (Region XII), Philippines. Bordered by Maitum to the west, Maasim to the…

Kitcharao is a fourth-income class municipality in Agusan del Norte, Caraga Region, Philippines. Created on June 22, 1963, it covers…

La Trinidad is the capital municipality of Benguet province in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) of the Philippines. Located immediately…

Labason is a second-income-class coastal municipality in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines, lying along the province's northern coast facing the Sulu…

Resort Capital of the Philippines · Birthplace of Jose Rizal

Laguna is a Philippine province in the Calabarzon region (Region IV-A). Its capital is Santa Cruz, and it surrounds much…

Lake Lanao is the largest lake in Mindanao and the second largest lake in the Philippines, located in Lanao del…

Lake Sebu is a natural lake of 354 hectares with a maximum depth of 34 meters, sitting at about 1,000…

Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) · Agrarian Reform Title

A Land Ownership Award, most commonly manifested in the Philippines as the Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA), is a…

The Land Registration Authority (LRA) is the Philippine government agency, attached to the Department of Justice, that issues decrees of…

"Vegetable basket of Mindanao" · Foothill municipality of the Mount Kitanglad Range

Lantapan, officially the Municipality of Lantapan (Bukid and Higaonon: Banuwa ta Lantapan), is a municipality in the province of Bukidnon,…

Home of the Bamboo Organ · City of Las Piñas

Las Piñas, officially the City of Las Piñas (Filipino: Lungsod ng Las Piñas), is a highly urbanized city in southern…

Las Piñas, officially the City of Las Piñas, is a highly urbanised first-income-class city in southern Metro Manila within the…

Lasam is an inland agricultural municipality in Cagayan, Philippines, northwest of Tuguegarao, farming rice, corn, and livestock on land between…

Lian is a third-income-class municipality on the western coast of Batangas, Philippines, facing Nasugbu Bay and located about 100 km…

Lianga is a municipality in Surigao del Sur, Caraga Region, Philippines, in a historically conflict-affected area. Established on October 17,…

Libacao is an inland, second-class municipality in Aklan province, Western Visayas, Philippines, lying in the mountainous interior of the province…

Libon, officially the Municipality of Libon, is a first-class municipality in Albay, Philippines, covering 222.76 square kilometres with about 72,135…

The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) is a Philippine government-owned and controlled corporation under the Department of Transportation, created on…

Liloy is a second-income-class agricultural municipality in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines, occupying the northwestern side of the Zamboanga Peninsula and…

Lingayen Pangasinan · Capital of Pangasinan

Lingayen is a first-income-class municipality and the capital of the province of Pangasinan in the Ilocos Region of the Philippines.…

Loboc River Cruise Town · Home of the Loboc Children's Choir

Loboc is a fourth-class municipality in the southern interior of Bohol, Philippines, internationally known for the Loboc River cruise aboard…

Loon Heritage District · Nuestra Señora de la Luz Parish

Loon is a first-class municipality on the northwestern coast of Bohol, Philippines, north of Tubigon. It is best known for…

Lubao is a first income-class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines. One of the oldest and largest…

The Embroidery Capital of the Philippines · Home of Burdang Lumban

Lumban is a fourth-income-class municipality in Laguna, Philippines, on the northern shore of Laguna de Bay. Widely known as the…

Maasim is a first-income-class municipality in Sarangani, Soccsksargen (Region XII), Philippines. Bordering Kiamba, General Santos, Sarangani Bay, and the Celebes…

Mabalacat is a first income-class component city in the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines, converted from a municipality through…

Macabebe is a third income-class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines, located along the Pampanga River delta…

Madalag is an inland municipality in Aklan province, Western Visayas, Philippines, occupying a forested mountain valley in the province's interior.…

Madalum is a third-income-class municipality in Lanao del Sur, within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Philippines. It…

Madamba is a fourth-income-class municipality in Lanao del Sur, within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Philippines. It…

Madrid is a fourth-income class agricultural municipality in Surigao del Sur, Caraga Region, Philippines. Established on February 2, 1953, it…

Magalang is a third income-class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines. It is a predominantly agricultural town…

"Rice Municipality of Davao del Sur" · Part of the Bansalan-Magsaysay-Matanao (BaMaMa) corridor

Magsaysay, officially the Municipality of Magsaysay, is a municipality in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, within Region XI…

Mahaplag is a fourth-income-class interior municipality in Leyte province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines. It comprises 28 barangays over roughly 104.79 square…

Mahayag is a first-income-class agricultural municipality in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines, located within the Zamboanga Peninsula. It covers 194.90 square…

Mainit is a fourth-income class municipality in Surigao del Norte, Caraga Region, Philippines, situated on the north shore of Lake…

Maitum is a second-income-class municipality in Sarangani, Soccsksargen (Region XII), Philippines. Bordered by Sultan Kudarat to the west, South Cotabato…

Financial Center of the Philippines · Wall Street of the Philippines (Ayala Avenue)

Makati, officially the City of Makati, is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila and the Philippines' leading financial and…

Malabang is a third-income-class municipality in Lanao del Sur, within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Philippines, situated…

City of Malabon · Local Venice (informal, due to canals and floods)

Malabon, officially the City of Malabon (Filipino: Lungsod ng Malabon), is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. It…

Coastal aquaculture town of Davao del Sur · Gateway municipality along the Davao Gulf coast

Malalag, officially the Municipality of Malalag, is a coastal municipality in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, facing the…

Malay is a first-income-class municipality in Aklan, Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the northernmost town on Panay island and is…

Malimono is a fifth-income class coastal municipality in Surigao del Norte, Caraga Region, Philippines. Covering 80.13 square kilometers, it has…

Malita is a first-income-class municipality and the capital of Davao Occidental, Davao Region (Region XI), Philippines. Facing the Davao Gulf,…

City of Malolos · Malolos City

Malolos is a component city and the capital of Bulacan in Central Luzon. It is of exceptional historical importance as…

Malungon is a first-income-class municipality in Sarangani, Soccsksargen (Region XII), Philippines. Located in the province's north-east and the only landlocked…

Mambusao is a third-income-class municipality in Capiz, Western Visayas, Philippines. Located 36 kilometers from Roxas City, it covers 136.91 square…

Tiger City · Millennium City

Mandaluyong, officially the City of Mandaluyong (Filipino: Lungsod ng Mandaluyong), is a highly urbanized first-class city in Metro Manila, the…

The Industrial City of Metro Cebu · City of Mandaue

Mandaue, officially the City of Mandaue (Filipino: Lungsod sa Mandaue; Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Mandaue), is a highly urbanized city in…

Mangaldan is a first income-class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Ilocos Region (Region I), Philippines, located northeast of Dagupan…

Look ng Maynila (Filipino) · Manila Harbour

Manila Bay is a natural harbour on the western side of Luzon in the Philippines, opening into the South China…

LRT · LRTA

The Manila Light Rail Transit System is the primary urban rapid transit network of Metro Manila, comprising two lines: LRT…

Pineapple municipality of Bukidnon · Formerly known as Maluko

Manolo Fortich, officially the Municipality of Manolo Fortich (Bukid and Higaonon: Banuwa ta Manolo Fortich), is a municipality in the…

Manukan is a first-income-class municipality in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines, located about 38 kilometres west of Dipolog. It spans 246.35…

Mapandan is a third income-class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Ilocos Region (Region I), Philippines. Located in central Pangasinan…

Marabut is a fifth-income-class coastal municipality in Samar province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, created on 22 July 1949. It comprises 24…

Maragondon, Cavite · Site of the Bonifacio Trial

Maragondon is a municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines, set against the slopes of the Maragondon mountain range near…

Central Bukidnon trade and transport hub · Gateway to Central Mindanao University and Musuan

Maramag, officially the Municipality of Maramag, is a first-class municipality in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines, within Region X (Northern…

Marawi City is a highly urbanized city and capital of Lanao del Sur province in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in…

Margosatubig is a third-income-class municipality in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines, and the oldest town in the province, with a coastline…

Marihatag is a third-income class municipality in Surigao del Sur, Caraga Region, Philippines. Covering 312.50 square kilometers, it has 12…

Shoe Capital of the Philippines · City of Marikina

Marikina, officially the City of Marikina (Filipino: Lungsod ng Marikina), is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. Bounded…

Marogong is a fourth-income-class municipality in Lanao del Sur, within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Philippines. A…

Matalom is a third-income-class coastal municipality in Leyte province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, facing the Camotes Sea. It comprises 30 barangays…

Crossroads town of central Davao del Sur · Part of the Bansalan-Magsaysay-Matanao (BaMaMa) corridor

Matanao, officially the Municipality of Matanao, is a municipality in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, on the island…

Mati City is a fifth-income-class component city and capital of Davao Oriental province in the Davao Region (Region XI), Philippines.…

Mauban is a first-income-class municipality in Quezon Province, Philippines, founded on July 15, 1583. One of the oldest municipalities in…

Mesotherapy is a minimally invasive technique in which microinjections of vitamins, enzymes, hormones, plant extracts, and pharmaceutical agents are delivered…

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of interrelated metabolic abnormalities that together raise the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2…

Skyway · South Metro Manila Skyway

The Metro Manila Skyway is an elevated toll expressway system in Metro Manila running above major surface roads to provide…

Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) · Mega Manila Subway (former name)

The Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP), formerly the Mega Manila Subway, is an under-construction underground rapid transit line in Metro…

The Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) is the flagship underground rapid transit project of the Philippine government — the country's…

Mexico is a first income-class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon (Region III), Philippines. Bordering the provincial capital…

Meycauayan City · Jewelry Capital of the Philippines

Meycauayan is a first-income-class component city in Bulacan province, Philippines, immediately north of Metro Manila along the MacArthur Highway and…

MIMAROPA (Region IV-B), also known as the Southwestern Tagalog Region, is an administrative region in the Philippines composed of five…

Moalboal is a municipality of about 38,000 people (2024 census) on Cebu's southwestern peninsula, bordered to the west by the…

Molave is a first-income-class municipality in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines, widely regarded as the commercial hub of the Salug Valley…

Mount Apo is the highest mountain in the Philippines, with an elevation of 2,954 meters (9,692 feet) above sea level.…

Mount Isarog is a 1,966-metre potentially active stratovolcano rising behind Naga City in Camarines Sur, Bicol, Philippines. Cloaked in some…

Mt. Pinatubo · Bulkang Pinatubo (Filipino)

Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano located on the tri-boundary of Zambales, Tarlac, and Pampanga provinces on the island of…

Emerald City of the Philippines (informal branding) · Home of the New Bilibid Prison

Muntinlupa, officially the City of Muntinlupa (Filipino: Lungsod ng Muntinlupa), is a highly urbanized city in southern Metro Manila, Philippines.…

MX3 · MX3 Mangosteen

MX3 Philippines is a brand of natural dietary health supplements and beverages produced, distributed, and marketed by DMI Medical Supply…

Nabua, officially the Municipality of Nabua (Rinconada Bikol: Banwāan ka Nabua), is a first-class municipality in Camarines Sur, Philippines, with…

Naic · Bonifacio's Last Town (informal)

Naic is a first-income-class municipality in Cavite, Philippines, on the coast of Manila Bay west of Tanza. It is historically…

Narvacan is a coastal municipality in Ilocos Sur, Philippines, stretched between the West Philippine Sea and the first ridges of…

Nasipit is a municipality in Agusan del Norte, Caraga Region, Philippines, and the primary seaport gateway of the province. Established…

Nasugbu is a first-income-class municipality in western Batangas, Philippines, and the largest municipality in the province by land area at…

Fishing Capital of the Philippines · City of Navotas

Navotas, officially the City of Navotas (Filipino: Lungsod ng Navotas), is a highly urbanized coastal city in Metro Manila, Philippines,…

Buglas (pre-colonial name) · Sugarbowl of the Philippines

Negros is the fourth-largest island of the Philippines, in the central Visayas between Panay and Cebu. It is divided into…

Sugarbowl of the Philippines · The City of Smiles (Bacolod)

Negros Occidental is a Philippine province occupying the western portion of Negros Island in the Negros Island Region (Region XVIII,…

The City of Gentle People (Dumaguete) · University Town of the South

Negros Oriental is a Philippine province occupying the southeastern portion of Negros Island in the Negros Island Region (Region XVIII,…

NCC · Clark Green City

New Clark City (NCC), also known as Clark Green City, is a planned city under development in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines,…

New Washington is a coastal municipality in Aklan province, Western Visayas, Philippines, situated on a peninsula along the Sibuyan Sea…

NAIA · Manila International Airport (historical)

The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is the primary international gateway of the Philippines, located between Pasay and Parañaque in…

NLEX · North Diversion Road (former)

The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) is a four-to-eight-lane limited-access toll expressway extending roughly 84 kilometers from Balintawak in Quezon City,…

Northern Mindanao (Region X) is an administrative region in the northern part of the island of Mindanao, Philippines. It comprises…

Norzagaray, Bulacan · Watershed town of Bulacan

Norzagaray is a first-income-class municipality in Bulacan province, Philippines, in the upland north along the foothills of the Sierra Madre,…

Rice Granary of the Philippines · Rice Bowl of the Philippines

Nueva Ecija is a landlocked Philippine province in the Central Luzon region (Region III). Its capital is Palayan City, though…

Nueva Era is an upland municipality in southeastern Ilocos Norte, Philippines, where the province meets its highland neighbors toward Abra…

Nueva Valencia is a second-income-class municipality in the island-province of Guimaras, Western Visayas, Philippines. Facing the Panay Gulf, it is…

Citrus Capital of the Philippines · NV (colloquial)

Nueva Vizcaya is a landlocked Philippine province in the Cagayan Valley region (Region II) on Luzon. Its capital is Bayombong.…

Numancia is a fourth-income-class municipality in Aklan, Western Visayas, Philippines. Located 5 kilometers from the provincial capital Kalibo, it is…

Occidental Mindoro is a province of the Philippines in the Mimaropa region (Region IV-B). Its capital is Mamburao. Occupying the…

Oriental Mindoro is a province of the Philippines in the Mimaropa region (Region IV-B). Its capital is Calapan. Occupying the…

Ortigas CBD · Ortigas Center Business District

Ortigas Center is a major central business district in Metro Manila, Philippines, straddling Mandaluyong, Pasig, and Quezon City (with a…

Ozamiz City is a second-income-class component city in Misamis Occidental province in Northern Mindanao (Region X), Philippines. It had a…

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world's five oceans, covering approximately 165 million square kilometers—larger than…

One of the oldest municipalities of Davao del Sur · Early provincial center of Davao del Sur

Padada, officially the Municipality of Padada, is a municipality in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, within Region XI…

Padre Garcia is a second-income-class municipality in Batangas, Philippines, created on December 1, 1949. It is recognized as the "Cattle…

The Woodcarving Capital of the Philippines · Home of Filipino Santos (religious statuary)

Paete is a fourth-income-class municipality in Laguna, Philippines, on the northern shore of Laguna de Bay at the foot of…

Pagadian City is a second-income-class component city and capital of Zamboanga del Sur province in the Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX),…

Pagbilao is a first-income-class municipality in Quezon Province, Philippines, established on August 29, 1730. A coastal town bordering Lucena City,…

Boracay of the North · Home of Blue Lagoon (Maira-ira Cove)

Pagudpud is a coastal municipality in Ilocos Norte, Philippines, near the northern tip of Luzon, famed for wide white-sand beaches…

The Turumba Town · Home of the Birhen ng Turumba

Pakil is a fifth-income-class municipality in Laguna, Philippines, on the northern shore of Laguna de Bay. A small, quiet lakeside…

Palayan · Capital of Nueva Ecija

Palayan City is a component city and the capital of Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon. It is one of seven…

Palo is a first-class municipality in the province of Leyte, Eastern Visayas (Region VIII), Philippines. It serves as the seat…

Maharlika Highway · Asian Highway 26 (AH26)

The Pan-Philippine Highway, also called the Maharlika Highway, is a 3,517-kilometer network of roads, bridges, and ferry routes forming the…

Panabo City is a third-income-class component city in Davao del Norte, Davao Region (Region XI), Philippines. It had a 2020…

Panay is a coastal municipality in Capiz province, Western Visayas, Philippines, lying just east of Roxas City. Historically known as…

Panay is the fourth-largest island in the Philippine archipelago, located in the Western Visayas region. It is bordered by the…

Pandan is a coastal municipality in northern Antique province, Western Visayas, Philippines, widely recognized as the province's leading tourist destination.…

Panitan is an agricultural municipality in Capiz province, Western Visayas, Philippines, located inland to the north of Roxas City. It…

Pantar is a fifth-income-class municipality in Lanao del Norte, Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Located near the northern shores of Lake Lanao,…

Paracale, officially the Municipality of Paracale, is a municipality in Camarines Norte, Philippines, with about 58,391 people per the 2024…

Home of Entertainment City (PAGCOR's Bagong Nayong Pilipino) · City of Parañaque

Parañaque, officially the City of Parañaque (Filipino: Lungsod ng Parañaque), is a highly urbanized first-class city in southern Metro Manila,…

Paranas is a fourth-income-class municipality in Samar province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, on the western coast facing Maqueda Bay. It comprises…

Former capital of Rizal province · City of Pasig

Pasig, officially the City of Pasig (Filipino: Lungsod ng Pasig), is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. It…

Ilog Pasig (Filipino) · River Pasig

The Pasig River is a roughly 27-kilometre (17 mi) river in the Philippines that connects Laguna de Bay, the country's…

Pastrana is a fourth-income-class interior municipality in Leyte province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, about 27 kilometers from Tacloban City. Organized as…

Balut Capital of the Philippines · The only municipality in Metro Manila

Pateros is a first-class municipality in Metro Manila, Philippines, and the only municipality (rather than a city) in the National…

Patnongon is a coastal municipality in the southern part of Antique province, Western Visayas, Philippines, facing the Sulu Sea. It…

Peñablanca (Penablanca) is a municipality in Cagayan, Philippines, east of Tuguegarao City, named for the white limestone cliffs along the…

The Philippines · Republic of the Philippines

The Philippine Islands (officially the Republic of the Philippines, Filipino: Pilipinas) is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia, situated…

PNA · PNA.gov.ph

The Philippine News Agency (PNA) is the official, state-run news agency of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines.…

Philippine Physical Fitness Test (PPFT) · Philippine Physical Activity Pyramid

Philippine Physical refers to the national standards, guidelines, and evaluation testing batteries established by the Philippine government to evaluate and…

PPA · Awtoridad ng Pantalan ng Pilipinas

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is a government-owned corporation under the Department of Transportation responsible for planning, building, and operating…

Himagsikang Pilipino (Tagalog) · Revolución Filipina (Spanish)

The Philippine Revolution (Filipino: Himagsikang Pilipino) was the movement by which Filipinos ended more than three centuries of Spanish rule,…

PSA · Pangasiwaan ng Pilipinas sa Estadistika (Filipino)

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is the central statistical authority of the Philippine government, responsible for compiling, producing, and disseminating…

The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) is the national securities exchange of the Philippines and a core institution of its…

Physical therapy (PT) is a health profession that uses exercise, manual techniques, electrotherapy, and education to restore movement and function…

Piddig is a hilly municipality in Ilocos Norte, Philippines, east of Laoag City, remembered as the cradle of the Basi…

Pili Camarines Sur · Capital of Camarines Sur

Pili is a first-income-class municipality and the capital of the province of Camarines Sur in the Bicol Region of the…

Pililla, Rizal · Gateway to the Laguna Lake

Pililla is a second-income-class municipality in Rizal province, Philippines, in the eastern portion of the province along the shores of…

Placer is a fourth-income class municipality in Surigao del Norte, Caraga Region, Philippines. Located on the northeastern tip of Mindanao…

Plaridel, Bulacan · Rail junction town of Bulacan (historical)

Plaridel is a first-income-class urban municipality in Bulacan province, Philippines, in the central part of the province. It occupies a…

Polanco is a first-income-class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines, lying just inland of the provincial capital…

Polangui, officially the Municipality of Polangui (Central Bikol: Banwaan kan Polangui), is a first-class municipality in Albay, Philippines, with about…

Pontevedra is a coastal municipality in Capiz province, Western Visayas, Philippines, located along the northern coast of Panay Island facing…

Manila Bay Port · Manila Harbor

The Port of Manila is the largest and busiest seaport in the Philippines, located along the eastern shore of Manila…

Municipality of President Carlos P. Garcia · Pitogo

President Carlos, officially the Municipality of President Carlos P. Garcia and also known as Pitogo, is an island municipality in…

Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) · Product Licensing

Product Registration is the administrative and regulatory process by which a manufacturer, importer, distributor, or wholesaler secures official approval from…

Pualas is a fifth-income-class municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao…

"Port of Galleons" (Spanish-era anchorage) · PG (diver shorthand)

Puerto Galera is a first-class municipality on the north coast of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, celebrated for its dive sites, White…

Puerto Princesa City, Palawan · "City in a Forest"

Puerto Princesa is a highly urbanized city and the capital of Palawan province in the Philippines. Located midway along the…

Pulilan, Bulacan · Home of the Kneeling Carabaos

Pulilan is a first-income-class urban municipality in Bulacan province, Philippines, along the Angat River in the central part of the…

Coconut Capital of the Philippines · The Former Tayabas Province

Quezon is a Philippine province in the Calabarzon region (Region IV-A). Its capital is Lucena City. Bordering Aurora (north), Camarines…

QC · City of Stars (media-industry nickname)

Quezon City, officially the City of Quezon, is a highly urbanized city and the most populous city in the National…

Quirino is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region (Region II) of Luzon. Its capital is…

Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman, seventh President of the…

Ramon Magsaysay is a third-income-class municipality in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines, within the Zamboanga Peninsula. It spans 113.70 square kilometres…

Real Property · Immovable Property

Real Estate is a legal, financial, and economic term referring to land and any permanent, man-made structures attached to it,…

Art Capital of the Philippines · The Pilgrimage Capital (Antipolo)

Rizal is a Philippine province in the Calabarzon region (Region IV-A), named after national hero Dr. Jose Rizal. Its capital…

Romblon is an island province of the Philippines in the Mimaropa region (Region IV-B). Its capital is the town of…

Highway-junction municipality of Agusan del Sur · Offshoot municipality of San Francisco

Rosario, officially the Municipality of Rosario, is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines, within the Caraga…

Rosario · Industrial Town of Northern Cavite

Rosario is a first-income-class municipality in Cavite, Philippines, on the northern coast of Manila Bay. A densely populated, highly urbanized…

Seafood Capital of the Philippines · Capital of Capiz

Roxas City is a highly urbanized city and the capital of Capiz province in Western Visayas, Philippines. Located on Panay…

Sablayan, officially the Municipality of Sablayan, is a municipality in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, with about 91,406 people per the 2024…

Town of hanging coffins · Echo Valley town

Sagada is a fifth-class municipality in Mountain Province, Philippines, perched about 1,500 meters high in the Cordillera Central. It is…

Salad Bowl of the Philippines · Province of Benguet

The term Salad Bowl (specifically the Salad Bowl of the Philippines) is the official agricultural designation for the province of…

The Samal are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group of the Sulu Archipelago and Davao Gulf, Philippines, concentrated on the Island Garden…

San Agustin is a fourth-income class municipality in Surigao del Sur, Caraga Region, Philippines. Covering 277.28 square kilometers, it has…

San Carlos City · San Carlos Bioenergy City

San Carlos is a component city in northeastern Negros Occidental, Philippines, facing the Tanon Strait and the neighboring island of…

Surfing Capital of Northern Luzon (jointly with San Juan, La Union) · Capital City of La Union

San Fernando, officially the City of San Fernando, is a component city and the capital of La Union province in…

San Jose del Monte City · SJDM

San Jose del Monte is a first-income-class component city in Bulacan province, Philippines, and one of the most populous cities…

Pandurucan (indigenous name) · San Jose, Occidental Mindoro

San Jose is a first-income-class municipality and the capital of Occidental Mindoro in the Mimaropa region of the Philippines. Though…

Municipality of San Juan del Monte (former name) · City of San Juan

San Juan, officially the City of San Juan (Filipino: Lungsod ng San Juan), is a highly urbanized city in Metro…

The San Juanico Bridge is the longest bridge in the Philippines, spanning 2.16 kilometers (1.34 miles) across the San Juanico…

San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is one of the largest and most diversified conglomerates in the Philippines. Founded in 1890 as…

San Pedro City · "Sampaguita Town" (informal, flower farms)

San Pedro is a first-income-class component city in Laguna, Philippines, at the northernmost tip of Laguna, immediately south of Metro…

Northern gateway of Davao del Sur to Davao City · Banana and coconut-processing municipality of the Davao metropolitan fringe

Santa Cruz, officially the Municipality of Santa Cruz, is a first-class municipality in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines,…

Santa Fe is a fifth-income-class municipality in Leyte province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, established as an independent town on 10 October…

Santa Maria, Bulacan · Sta. Maria, Bulacan

Santa Maria is a first-income-class urban municipality in Bulacan province, Philippines, immediately north of Metro Manila along the Valenzuela corridor.…

Santa Teresita is a fifth-income-class municipality in Batangas, Philippines, created on December 28, 1961 through Executive Order No. 454 signed…

Sapian is a small coastal municipality in Capiz province, Western Visayas, Philippines, lying along the boundary with Aklan and fronting…

Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape · SBPS

Sarangani Bay is a deep-water bay located at the southern tip of Mindanao island in the Philippines. Connected to the…

Sariaya is a first-income-class municipality in Quezon Province, Philippines, founded in 1599. Known as the "Heritage Town of Quezon" and…

Sasmuan is a fourth income-class coastal municipality in the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines, situated along Manila Bay at…

Sebaste is a coastal municipality occupying the northernmost portion of Antique province, Western Visayas, Philippines. Facing the Sulu Sea along…

Sergio Osmeña y Suico · Sergio Osmeña Sr.

Sergio Osmẽa Sr. (born Sergio Osmeña y Suico; September 9, 1878 – October 19, 1961) was a Filipino statesman who…

Surfing Capital of the Philippines · Cloud 9 Island

Siargao is a tear-shaped tropical island in the province of Surigao del Norte, northeastern Mindanao, Philippines. It faces the Philippine…

Sibalom is a first-class municipality in Antique province, Western Visayas, Philippines, immediately inland of the provincial capital, San Jose de…

Sibutad is a fourth-income-class coastal municipality in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines, facing the Bohol Sea and Murcielagos Bay in the…

"Highland Town of Eastern Bohol" · Sierra (colloquial)

Sierra Bullones is a fourth-class municipality in the interior uplands of Bohol, Philippines, in the island's central-eastern interior. The name…

Sierra Madre Mountain Range · The Sierra Madre

The Sierra Madre is the longest mountain range in the Philippines, stretching about 540 kilometres (340 mi) along the entire…

Sigma is a third-income-class municipality in Capiz, Western Visayas, Philippines. Located about 28 kilometers from Roxas City, it covers 101.71…

The Coffee Town of Cavite (historical) · Silang Highlands

Silang is a first-income-class municipality in Cavite, Philippines, on the elevated Tagaytay ridge. Known for its cool climate, rolling terrain,…

Sindangan is a first-income-class municipality in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines, and the most populous municipality in the entire Zamboanga Peninsula,…

Sison is a municipality in Surigao del Norte, Caraga Region, Philippines, known for its strategic highway junction location. Established on…

SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII) is an administrative region in the south-central part of Mindanao, Philippines. Its name is an acronym for…

City of Sorsogon · Gateway to Southern Philippines

Sorsogon City is a component city and the capital of the province of Sorsogon in the Bicol Region of the…

SLEX · South Superhighway (historical)

The South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), historically the South Superhighway, is a network of controlled-access toll expressways extending south from Metro…

Southeastern Asia · ASEAN Region

Southeast Asia is a geographically and geopolitically distinct region of Asia, situated south of China, east of India, north of…

Southeast Asia · ASEAN Region

The term Southeast Asian refers to anything pertaining to Southeast Asia, a subregion of Asia consisting of 11 countries located…

Southern Leyte is a province of the Philippines in the Eastern Visayas region (Region VIII). Its capital is Maasin City.…

Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) · Former US Naval Base Subic Bay

Subic Bay is a natural deep-water harbor on the west coast of Luzon, in Zambales, adjoining the city of Olongapo.…

Subic Freeport · SBFZ

The Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) is a special economic and freeport zone occupying the site of the former United…

SCTEX · Tipo Toll Road (former segment)

The Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) is a 93.77-kilometer, four-lane toll expressway in Central Luzon linking the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in…

Inland farming municipality of southern Davao del Sur · Hinterland supplier to the Malalag-Padada market area

Sulop, officially the Municipality of Sulop, is a municipality in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, within Region XI…

Dagat Sulu (Filipino) · Sea of Sulu

The Sulu Sea is a large inter-island body of water in the southwestern Philippines, bordered by Palawan to the northwest,…

Site of the Sumilao agrarian-reform dispute · Corn-farming municipality of northern Bukidnon

Sumilao, officially the Municipality of Sumilao (Bukid and Higaonon: Banuwa ta Sumilao), is a second-class municipality in the province of…

Surigao City is a second-income-class component city and capital of Surigao del Norte province in the Caraga Region (Region XIII),…

Lawang Taal (Filipino) · Lake Taal

Taal Lake is a large freshwater crater lake in the province of Batangas, Luzon, Philippines, occupying the caldera of an…

Bulkang Taal (Filipino) · Smallest Active Volcano

Taal Volcano is a complex volcanic system in Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. It consists of a large caldera holding Taal Lake,…

Taal is a first-income-class municipality in Batangas, Philippines, founded April 26, 1572. It is among the oldest Spanish-era settlements and…

Tabontabon is a fifth-income-class municipality in Leyte province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, and one of the smallest towns in the province…

Gateway to Eastern Visayas · Capital of Leyte

Tacloban, officially the City of Tacloban, is a highly urbanized city and the capital of Leyte province in the Eastern…

Character City of the Philippines · Second Summer Capital of the Philippines (informal)

Tagaytay, officially the City of Tagaytay, is a component city in Cavite province, Philippines, perched on a ridge overlooking Taal…

Home of Bonifacio Global City (BGC) · City of Taguig

Taguig, officially the City of Taguig (Filipino: Lungsod ng Taguig), is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. It…

Riverside municipality of the Agusan River · River-port town of Agusan del Sur

Talacogon, officially the Municipality of Talacogon, is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines, within the Caraga…

The Lechon-producing town of south Metro Cebu (informal) · Talisay City, Cebu

Talisay, officially the City of Talisay (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Talisay; Filipino: Lungsod ng Talisay), is a component city in the…

Talisay City · The Ruins (heritage landmark)

Talisay is a component city in Negros Occidental, Philippines, immediately north of Bacolod City and part of Metropolitan Bacolod. It…

Tambulig is a second-income-class agricultural municipality in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines, within the Zamboanga Peninsula. It covers 130.65 square kilometres…

Tanay, Rizal · Gateway to the Sierra Madre (Rizal)

Tanay is a first-income-class municipality in Rizal province, Philippines, and the largest municipality in the province by land area. Located…

Tandag City is a fifth-income-class component city and capital of Surigao del Sur province in the Caraga Region (Region XIII),…

Tangub City is a fourth-income-class component city in Misamis Occidental province in Northern Mindanao (Region X), Philippines. It had a…

Tanza · Santa Cruz de Malabon (former name)

Tanza is a first-income-class municipality in Cavite, Philippines, inland and along Manila Bay. A fast-growing residential, commercial, and industrial municipality,…

Tarangnan is a fourth-income-class coastal municipality on the western coast of Samar province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, facing the Samar Sea…

Melting Pot of Central Luzon · Crossroads of the North

Tarlac is a landlocked Philippine province in the Central Luzon region (Region III). Its capital, Tarlac City, is a regional…

Tawi-Tawi is an island province of the Philippines within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Its capital is…

Teresa, Rizal · Brick-making town of Rizal

Teresa is a second-income-class municipality in Rizal province, Philippines. An inland town along the Marikina-Infanta highway corridor, it lies between…

Ternate, Cavite · Home of the Merdicas

Ternate is a coastal municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines, situated along the shorelines of Manila Bay and the…

Ternate · Home of Chavacano Ternateño (informal)

Ternate is a fourth-income-class municipality in Cavite, Philippines, on the southwestern coast facing Manila Bay and the South China Sea.…

Tigaon, officially the Municipality of Tigaon, is a municipality in Camarines Sur, Philippines, with about 61,790 people per the 2024…

Niagara Falls of the Philippines · Tinuyan Falls (alternate spelling)

Tinuy-an Falls is a multi-tiered curtain waterfall on the Borboanon River in Bislig, Surigao del Sur, Philippines. Commonly described as…

Tobias Fornier is a coastal municipality in Antique province, Western Visayas, Philippines, located in the southern part of the province…

The Mining City of Cebu · City of Toledo

Toledo, officially the City of Toledo (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Toledo; Filipino: Lungsod ng Toledo), is a component city on the…

Tolosa is a fifth-income-class municipality in Leyte province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, facing the Leyte Gulf on the island's eastern coast.…

Traditional medicine in the Philippines refers to indigenous healing practices, herbal remedies, and complementary therapies developed across generations. It includes…

Tubigon Port · "The Port Town of Bohol"

Tubigon is a first-class municipality on the northwestern coast of Bohol, Philippines, and the principal seaport gateway of the province.…

Tukuran is a second-income-class coastal municipality in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines, sitting on the isthmus of the Zamboanga Peninsula along…

Tuy is a fourth-income-class agricultural municipality in central Batangas, Philippines, established on August 12, 1866. It is known primarily for…

United States of America · USA

The United States, officially the United States of America (abbreviated as USA or U.S.), is a federal republic primarily located…

Urdaneta is a first income-class component city in the province of Pangasinan, Ilocos Region (Region I), Philippines. Centrally located in…

Valderrama is an inland municipality in Antique province, Western Visayas, Philippines, lying along the interior of the province away from…

The Industrial Hub of Northern Metro Manila · City of Valenzuela

Valenzuela, officially the City of Valenzuela (Filipino: Lungsod ng Valenzuela), is a highly urbanized first-class city in the northern part…

Virac Catanduanes · Capital of Catanduanes

Virac is a first-income-class municipality and the capital of Catanduanes in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. Located on an…

Wao is a municipality in Lanao del Sur, BARMM, Philippines, notable as the only Christian-majority municipality in the province. It…

WPS · Western Philippine Sea

The West Philippine Sea is the term used by the Philippine government to refer to the maritime areas of the…

Western Visayas (Region VI) is an administrative region in the central Philippines, comprising the provinces of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras,…

Zamboanga City is a highly urbanized city in the Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX) of western Mindanao, Philippines. It is the…

The Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX) is an administrative region in the western part of Mindanao, Philippines. It comprises three provinces…

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