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The Carbon Market is the oldest and largest farmer's market in Cebu City, located in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines, and is a major tourist attraction.〔(Department of Tourism Philippines official website page on Cebu ). Accessed September 28, 2009.〕〔Chris Rowthorn, Greg Bloom, ''et al.'', ''Philippines: Lonely planet'', p. 232 (9th ed. 2006), ISBN 978-1-74104-289-4, found at (Google Books ); see also (Lonely Planet listing for Carbon Market ). Accessed September 28, 2009.〕〔Carbon Market, Cebu City, on (Fabulous Philippines website ). Accessed September 28, 2009.〕 It is wheelchair accessible.〔(Cebu on Wheels website page on Things to do ). Accessed September 28, 2009.〕 It is located in downtown Cebu City, on MC Briones Street, Ermita barangay, and it can be reached by most buses or jeepneys in that area.〔〔(Google Maps ). Accessed September 28, 2009.〕 Wares sold include clothing and kalamansi,〔"Ming", "Carbon market: the liveliest place in town!", found at (Ming's World travelogue about Cebu website ). Accessed September 28, 2009.〕 baskets from Bohol, fish, chickens, and tripe,〔 〔"Famous places and tourist attractions of the Queen City of the South: Carbon Market", June 9, 2009, found at (i Like Cebu.com website ), citing (Cebu Daily.com website ). Accessed September 28, 2009.〕 as well as souvenirs〔 and handicrafts.〔〔Carbon Market, found at (Ateneo de Manila University website ). Accessed September 28, 2009.〕〔 Although there is significant crime in the downtown area around the Carbon Market, the crimes are controlled by police, the vendors, and nearby residents.〔Carmi Cavanlit, "Angry residents maul nabbed robber in Cebu City," ABS-CBN News Central Visayas, December 10, 2008, found at (ABS-CBS news website ). Accessed September 28, 2009.〕 ==History== The Carbon Market is named for the depot where coal was unloaded from the Cebu Railroad.〔〔 Another story is that it was named for the "heaps of waste" cinders dumped here in the 19th Century.〔 As of 2009, it was over one hundred years old. In 2000, some vendors created a cooperative to sell their wares, and later two other cooperatives were formed by different units of the market.〔"Coop helps vendors in Carbon market," ''Cebu Daily News'', January 26, 2009, found at (''Cebu Daily News'' website ) and (World News website ). Accessed September 28, 2009.〕 The Carbon Market Vendors Development Cooperative (or Cemvedco) was formed by consolidating the three cooperatives created in 2002.〔 In 2007, the rebuilding of the market caused a political controversy, leading one vendor to run for city council from the barangay of Ermita, winning on that single-issue platform.〔"Vendor-turned-councilman pushes for Carbon’s Unit 2 reconstruction," ''The Freeman'', November 4, 2007, found at (PhilStar website ). Accessed September 28, 2009.〕 As of September 2009, the Cebu City government is moving some larger commodity sellers to a newer market, the Bagsakan market.〔Marian Z. Codilla, "Bagsakan center to open by year end: Market to give direct suppliers venue to sell," ''Cebu Daily News'', September 11, 2009, found at (''Cebu Daily News'' website ). Accessed September 28, 2009.〕 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「Carbon Market」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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