Iloilo
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- For the article of its capital city, see Iloilo City. For the president of Fiji, see Josefa Iloilo. For other uses, see Iloilo (disambiguation).
Iloilo is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is Iloilo City and is located at the southeast portion of Panay Island, bordering Antique to the west and Capiz to the north. Just off Iloilo's southeast coast is the island-province of Guimaras and across Panay Gulf and Guimaras Strait is Negros Occidental.
2000 census—1,925,002 (7th largest)
Density—408 per km² (11th highest)
Highly urbanized cities—1
Component cities—1
Municipalities—20
Barangays—1,901
Congressional districts—6†
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[edit] People and culture
People from Iloilo are called Ilonggos. Hiligaynon is spoken in the city while numerous variants of it called Karay-a is spoken in almost every town and municipalities away from the city. Most Ilonggos are bilingual in English and Hiligaynon; English is taught from grade school to college. The Ilonggos are mostly Malayo-Polynesian people although there are small pockets of populations with Negrito, Chinese, and European ancestry.
Spanish architectures can be seen in old buildings in downtown Iloilo. Merchants from China and India have long traded with the Ilonggos even before the Spaniards came. The ruling Spanish government encouraged these foreign merchants to trade in Iloilo but they were not given privileges like ownership of lands. The mestizo class eventually was born from the marriages of the Spaniards and merchants with the local Malayo-Polynesian people. They later emerged as the ruling class of the Ilonggos (see Principalía).
The town Fiesta is one of the most important events of the Ilonggos. Almost every town (municipalities) in Iloilo has a fiesta celebrated on different times of the year. You can eat "free" in any house in any town that is celebrating its fiesta in that week if you go with somebody who knows somebody in that house.
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Iloilo is subdivided into 42 municipalities and 2 cities.
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[edit] External links
- the Province of Iloilo Website
- Banate, Iloilo
- Municipality of Cabatuan
- Municipality of Igbaras
- Explore Iloilo
- Iloilo City Official Website
- Cabatuan.com
- New Iloilo Airport Project Blog (IloiloAirport.com)
- CNCHS.com
- Official Website Of Iloilo Dinagyang Festival
- WOW Philippines
- Iloilo Web Directory
- Podcast Stories from Iloilo
- Philipine Headlines - Iloilo
- Town of Igbaras website - Iloilo
- Iloilo Blogs
- The Ilonggo Online Gathering Place
| Cities and Municipalities of Iloilo | |
| Cities: | Iloilo | Passi |
| Municipalities: | Ajuy | Alimodian | Anilao | Badiangan | Balasan | Banate | Barotac Nuevo | Barotac Viejo | Batad | Bingawan | Cabatuan | Calinog | Carles | Concepcion | Dingle | Dueñas | Dumangas | Estancia | Guimbal | Igbaras | Janiuay | Lambunao | Leganes | Lemery | Leon | Maasin | Miagao | Mina | New Lucena | Oton | Pavia | Pototan | San Dionisio | San Enrique | San Joaquin | San Miguel | San Rafael | Santa Barbara | Sara | Tigbauan | Tubungan | Zarraga |
