Alburquerque (Alburquerque)
Alburquerque, officially the Municipality of Alburquerque (Munisipalidad sa Alburquerque; ), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. It had a population of 11,246 people at the time of the 2020 census.
The town is colloquially known as "Albur" for short.
Formerly, Alburquerque had one of the longest and heaviest pythons in captivity, with a length of 23 ft, weighing 280 kg and with a girth of 34 in. This female python died in 2013, but the mounted creature is still exhibited.
* The town was formerly called "Sagunto", but according to the research of Jess Tirol of Bohol, it was called "Segunto".
* Local folklore holds that Alburquerque was named in honour of Afonso de Albuquerque, the famous Portuguese seafarer and conqueror of Malacca, Sumatra, though it might be odd to use a Portuguese name as a name of a place which is under Spanish control.
* The name Alburquerque, which comes from either albus querqus ("white oak" in Latin) or Abu-al-Qurq ("country of cork oaks" in Arabic), is very widespread in all of the Americas and the Philippines.
Since then, Segunto was changed to Alburquerque and its inhabitants are called Alburanons (Alburquerqueños in Spanish, Alburquerqueans in English).
The town is colloquially known as "Albur" for short.
Formerly, Alburquerque had one of the longest and heaviest pythons in captivity, with a length of 23 ft, weighing 280 kg and with a girth of 34 in. This female python died in 2013, but the mounted creature is still exhibited.
* The town was formerly called "Sagunto", but according to the research of Jess Tirol of Bohol, it was called "Segunto".
* Local folklore holds that Alburquerque was named in honour of Afonso de Albuquerque, the famous Portuguese seafarer and conqueror of Malacca, Sumatra, though it might be odd to use a Portuguese name as a name of a place which is under Spanish control.
* The name Alburquerque, which comes from either albus querqus ("white oak" in Latin) or Abu-al-Qurq ("country of cork oaks" in Arabic), is very widespread in all of the Americas and the Philippines.
Since then, Segunto was changed to Alburquerque and its inhabitants are called Alburanons (Alburquerqueños in Spanish, Alburquerqueans in English).
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Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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PHP | Philippine peso | ₱ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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EN | English language |
TL | Tagalog language |