History - Iloilo City
WEBThe word “Iloilo City” came from the shape of the city, cut by the river which looks like the shape of a nose, “Irong-Irong”, nose-like, later became Iloilo. Other accounts point the origin of the name to a fish.
Iloilo City - Wikipedia
WEBIloilo City is the regional capital of Western Visayas region and the provincial capital of Iloilo province. It is one of the important economic centers in the Philippines and regional and provincial offices of national government agencies has offices in the city.
History - Iloilo City
WEB1 day ago · On October 5, 1889, Queen Regent Maria Christina elevated Iloilo to a city through a Royal Decree. The declaration noted the growing development in industry and commerce in the capital of Iloilo Province, the second most …
Iloilo City | Iloilo Province, Visayas, Philippines | Britannica
WEBIloilo City, chartered city, on the southeastern coast of Panay, Philippines. At the mouth of the Jaro River on the Iloilo Strait and sheltered by the offshore Guimaras Island, it is the commercial centre of Panay and a regional centre for sugar exports.
The City – Iloilo City
WEB5 days ago · The city is the regional hub of education, culinary, religion, healthcare, tourism, culture, industry, and economy in the Western Visayas region. As one of the gastronomic capitals of the Philippines, Iloilo is famous for Pancit Molo; La Paz Batchoy; Kadyos, Baboy kag Langka (KBL); Laswa; and Kansi.
Iloilo City Profile - PhilAtlas
WEBIloilo City is a coastal highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region (Region VI), Philippines. It serves as the provincial capital of Iloilo province, and has a population of 457,626 (2020 Census figures) distributed over 180 barangays.
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Iloilo: Discover its history, decode its modernity - Lifestyle.INQ
WEBFeb 11, 2017 · In 1889, Queen Regent Maria Cristina of Spain decreed Iloilo a royal city, and later conferred it the title La Muy Leal y Noble Ciudad—her favored city, thus the epithet Queen’s City in the South. National hero José Rizal referred to it as “the white city set on water.” Shaken world.
Historical Background | Iloilo Provincial Government
WEBJan 7, 2022 · Municipio de Iloilo, became a city under the Bacura Law in 1893; and in 1896, the King of Spain cited the City of Iloilo “la muy leal”, and “noble ciudad de Iloilo”, in recognition of the loyalty of her people to the Spanish Government.
Revisiting Iloilo's Urban Morphology — Google Arts & Culture
WEBFrom a proto-industrial and manufacturing town, Iloilo became an international port city specializing and catering to the growing sugar trade. Its phenomenal urban metamorphosis brought the...