70 Facts About Iloilo City

Iloilo City, officially known as the City of Iloilo, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines on the island of Panay.

Iloilo City is a conglomeration of former towns, which are now the geographical or administrative districts consisting of: Villa de Arevalo, Iloilo City Proper, Jaro, La Paz, Mandurriao, and Molo.

Iloilo City was the second Spanish colonial center after Cebu in the Philippine Islands.

The honorific royal title, "La Muy Leal y Noble Ciudad" which translates to The Most Loyal and Noble Iloilo City, was given by the Queen Regent of Spain, Maria Christina, for the city's loyalty to the Spanish crown during the Philippine Revolution, the second city to have such a byname in the country after the Iloilo City of Manila.

Iloilo City is the regional hub of education, culinary, religion, healthcare, tourism, culture, industry and economy in Western Visayas.

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Iloilo City is the King of all Spain, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, Duke of Burgundy and Luxembourg, Count of Holland, Count of Barcelona, Count of Flanders, Prince of Asturias, Archduke of Austria, King of Aragon, King of Jerusalem, Catalonia, Valencia, Naples, two Sicilies, Corsica and Sardinia.

Iloilo City commissioned Ferdinand Magellan to circumnavigate the globe especially to establish International Trade in Spice Island.

Iloilo City renamed this new colonial seat La Villa Rica de Arevalo in honor of his hometown in Avila, Spain.

Spanish colonial local government in Iloilo allowed Chinese migrants which worked among the city's industries and Latin Americans from across the Pacific to man its military fortifications .

Nicholas Loney, the British vice-consul in Iloilo City, developed the industry by giving loans, constructing warehouses in the port, and introducing new technologies in sugar farming.

The rich families of Iloilo City developed large areas of Negros, which were later called haciendas, because of sugar's high demand in the world market.

Iloilo City was the second-most important city in the archipelago at the end of the Spanish Regime.

Ayuntamiento of Iloilo City affirmed its allegiance and loyalty to Spain and made a similar protestation.

Towns in Iloilo City province condemned the Manila uprising, and those of the neighboring provinces of Capiz and Antique, as well as the island of Negros, followed suit.

Yet, it was during this period of Philippine history that Iloilo was more popularly known as the Queen City of the South.

Iloilo City was anxious to secure all territories he could before the conditions for peace should be settled in Paris.

Ananias Diocno, the Tagalog contingents' leader known for severity in his Capiz and Iloilo City campaigns, left a lasting non-commendable remembrance in the history of Panay.

Supposedly it came that Iloilo City is the original location for foundation of Silliman University, the first Protestant and American university in the country and in Asia.

Iloilo City went to Cebu and later had a side trip in Dumaguete City, where he had a decision to establish and where Silliman University is presently located.

Iloilo City is the center of the only officially recognized Metropolitan Area in Western Visayas.

City of Iloilo has one legislative district and is further divided into seven administrative districts, which are subdivided into barangays, with a total of 180 city barangays.

Iloilo City is one of the notable centers of faith in the Philippines.

Iloilo City which is one of the pioneering places in the country where Protestants set foot strongly contributed due to its economic importance on the international scene in the early 1900s.

Iloilo City is a hub for trade, commerce, finance, technology, medical tourism, hospitality, real estate, tourism, education, and industry in the Western Visayas region.

Iloilo City has the lowest crime rate in the Philippines, the lowest level of corruption, the highest life expectancy in Visayas and Mindanao, a large concentration of middle class, ranks first in the happiness index, and the most business-friendly city.

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Iloilo City is respected gastronomic capital with famous dishes originated in the area that gained popularity throughout the country – La Paz Batchoy, Pancit Molo, Kansi, Laswa, and KBL .

Iloilo City is a "City of Excellence" as it rivals the cities of Manila and Cebu in terms of economic progress.

Iloilo City — officially known as the City of Iloilo — is the regional capital of Western Visayas region and the provincial capital of Iloilo province.

Iloilo City has a number of museums ranging from fields of ancient and contemporary art, cultural and economic history to science.

Location of the Museum of Philippine Economic History in Iloilo City is due to the city and province being called the Queen City of the South during the Spanish and early American colonial era because of its economic importance next to Manila.

Trees, major edifices, and places of interests like the CPU Church on the university's 24 hectare main campus in Jaro, Iloilo City are festooned with holiday lights and displays of Christmas icons like Santa Claus, Nativity Scene, and Pasko sa Nayon.

Iloilo City Convention Center is a state-of-the-art convention center located in the Iloilo City Business Park by Megaworld Corporation in Mandurriao.

Iloilo City has various facilities for international and local musical, band, and solo performances or concerts.

Food in Iloilo City is a blend of east-and-west due to the contact of locals with the foreign cultures because of Iloilo City's central most location and one of the most important port cities in the Philippines.

Iloilo City has a variety of restaurants specialized in serving foreign cuisines .

Iloilo City has been the founding location of the first branch of Mang Inasal fast-food chain of restaurants in the country.

Spanish influence brought baking techniques to the locals which established century-old notable baking institutions in which Iloilo City is famous for – Panaderia ni Paa and Deocampo: The Original Barquillos are both located in Jaro and Panaderia de Molo in Molo.

City and the province of Iloilo is served by mostly tabloid-type English newspapers such as Panay News, The Daily Guardian, News Express, and Sunstar Iloilo.

Iloilo City has a glossy full color lifestyle magazine named Cream Magazine published monthly since 1989.

Iloilo City is the main headquarters of Bombo Radyo Philippines, which owns Bombo Radio AM stations and Star FM stations across the country.

Iloilo City has a multitude of districts, each with its distinctive character and representing colonial influence.

Iloilo City's urban planning and architecture reflect the plans of the Spanish and the American colonial administrations.

Since Iloilo City is a conglomeration of towns, the districts have their own plazas which are surrounded by establishments of political and ecclesiastical influence, such as churches and old administrative halls.

The city's other moniker – City of Mansions is likewise implied because Iloilo holds 240 mansions in which 30 of it are grand mansions built during the Spanish and American colonial eras.

Notable present-day structures that are repositories that attest to the town's former glory as a Spanish precursor town of Iloilo City is the mansion of Camina Balay nga Bato and the Convento de Arevalo.

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Calle Real which stretches from Plazoleta Gay up to Plaza Alfonso XII is Iloilo City's Escolta lined with commercial edifices that possesses European designs.

The street during the Iloilo City's economic heyday during the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the Puerto de Iloilo City was opened to the international trade is a melting pot and common ground for people of different walks of life, race and color.

Iloilo City possesses structures built during the prelude of the American colonial period in the Philippines.

Aduana de Iloilo and old Iloilo City Hall are notable of the structures built during the said colonial period.

Iloilo City has been a champion in air quality initiatives which further solidified when it won the 2017 Clean Air Iloilo City Award given by the Clean Air Philippine Movement.

Second time, Iloilo City has been conferred the Galing Pook Award for its entry the Iloilo Batiano River Development Project.

Iloilo City has tree planting programs such as the government and various stakeholders continued forestation of endemic and ornamental trees along the city's major thoroughfares and mangroves along the city's creeks, estuaries, waterfront areas and rivers.

Iloilo City is endowed with various parks, open spaces and gardens which contribute the city's government initiatives in protecting and preserving its urbanscape for city dwellers for them to benefit from.

The mangroves along the Iloilo City River Esplanade is a breeding ground for marine species.

Iloilo City is closer to being a smart city as it is providing free internet access in public areas, aiming to decrease its carbon emission, higher efficiency and productivity to underscore Iloilo as a livable city.

All barangays of Iloilo City have installed Closed-circuit television to predict traffic police requirements and for public safety.

Iloilo City was awarded in 2017 with Clean Air Iloilo City Award by the Clean Air Philippine Movement.

The award is recognition of Iloilo City urban planning in diligence for maintaining the good air quality.

Second time, Iloilo City has been conferred the Galing Pook Award for its entry the Iloilo Batiano River Development Project.

Iloilo City is the leading city and the center of healthcare of Western Visayas region and is rapidly becoming one of the medical tourism hubs in the Philippines.

Iloilo City provides free immunization programs for children, specifically targeted against the seven major diseases – smallpox, diphtheria, tetanus, yellow fever, whooping cough, polio, and measles.

Iloilo City's healthcare is largely provided by private and church-affiliated corporations.

Saint Paul's Hospital Iloilo City which was founded in 1911 by the French catholic missionaries through the help of the American Catholics, is the oldest running hospital founded by Daughters of Saint Paul of Chartres in the Philippines.

Iloilo City is served mostly by passenger jeepneys, white metered taxis and tricycles within the city limits.

Iloilo City is one of the few cities in the Philippines that recently initiated to adopt the mini-bus like type modern PUJ or modern Jeepneys in contrast to the President Rodrigo Duterte's administration to phase out the old dilapidated jeepneys as the mode of mass public transportation in the Philippines.

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In March 2019, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board announced the opening of a new Premium Point-to-Point Bus Service in Iloilo City with express bus services to the airports in Cabatuan, Kalibo and Boracay .

Port of Iloilo City is the port serving the general area of Iloilo City and the premier port in the Western Visayas Region.

The new Port of Iloilo City is located on a site away from the older port facilities.

The Ateneo Graduate School of Business – Iloilo City offers Master of Business Administration – Regis program.

Iloilo City is home to numerous religious formation houses, St Joseph Regional Seminary for Theologate studies, the 148-year-old St Vincent Ferrer Seminary for Collegiate studies and Mill Hill Formation House of the Mill Hill Missionaries.