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The city is the regional hub of education, culinary, religion, healthcare, tourism, culture, industry, and economy in the Western Visayas region. Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 2.1 Pre-colonial period 2.2 Early Spanish colonial period 2.3 1600s–1700s 2.4 Sugar boom era and the late Spanish colonial period (1800s) 2.4.1 Conversion to cityhood