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Alburquerque is a in the province of , Philippines.〔 According to the , it has a population of . The town is colloquially known as "Albur". Formerly Alburquerque had one of the longest and heaviest pythons in captivity, with a length of , weighing and with a girth of . This female python died in 2013, but the mounted creature is still exhibited. == Etymology == * 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. * The name Alburquerque, which comes from either ''albus querqus'' ("white oak" in Latin) or ("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). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alburquerque, Bohol」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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