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Iloilo
Iloilo is positioned attractively along Bantiano Rivers. The physical contour of the land is “nose like”. That’s where it got its name – Iloilo. Long before the Spaniards came, the place was called “Irong-irong”, as it appears in the Maragtas legend of the coming of the Ten Bornean Datus of Panay who bartered gold for the plain and valleys of the island from a local Ati chieftain. Paiburong, on the Datus,
was given the territory. Irong-irong or Ilong- ilong, with the coming of the Spaniards was shortened to Iloilo. Its capital of the same name became chartered city on august 25, 1937.
The province comprises the South Eastern part of Panay Island. It is naturally bounded by mountains that separate it from Antique on the West and Capiz on the North. Predominantly Iloilo is to a great extent plain with intersecting upland portions. It is strategically located 283 statue miles from Manila.
Iloilo is composed of two cities and 42 municipalities. It is divided into five (5) congressional districts. It has 1,720 barangays.
Iloilo’s climate is pleasantly tropical with two pronounced seasons, the rainy season from June to September and the dry season from October to May.
There are 114 private and government banks in every part of the province and city of Iloilo, including 40 rural banks established in most municipalities. There are at least 6 malls and many department stores that spruce up the province.
Iloilo is publicly notice for the oldest golf course in the country, the Sta. Barbara Golf course. It is located 16 kilometers North of Iloilo city proper. It is an 18 hole, 37 hectares golf course, built in 1907.
It is also the home of the University of the Philippines in the Visayas with its thousand-hectare school campus located at Miag-ao, Iloilo. The school concentrates on fisheries.
It boasts also of renowned historical churches, like the Miag-ao church, located 40 kilometers southwest of Iloilo City, built in 1786. The Church is declared on 1973 as a National land mark, and is among the UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Festivities are likewise common sites to the province. Every fourth weekend of January, Iloilo hold the “Dinagyang”, a colorful procession in honor of the Holy child Jesus amidst the cracking drumbeats. This
is Iloilo’s version of the world famous Ati-atihan festival. Paraw Regatta, which is set on movable dates is another festival celebrated along the Iloilo Strait. This is a race of swift and colorful outriggers, held in memory of the coming of the Bornean Datus.
Iloilo is also known for the Lapaz Batchoy. A delicacy of a noodle soup with hog’s insides, liver and chicharon.
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