Iloilo City facts for kids

Iloilo City

Iloilo City is the capital city of the province of Iloilo, Philippines. In 2015, 447,992 people lived there. The city is located on the banks of the Iloilo river and lies to the northwest of the island Guimaras. It is one hour south from the province of Capiz. People from the city are called Ilonggos.

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The territorial expansion of Iloilo City.
Charles V of Spain.
The Plan of the Fort of Iloilo in 1738, formerly called Fortificación de Nuestra Señora del Rosario en el Puerto de Yloylo, Provincia de Oton, in the early 1700s.
Aduana de Iloilo (Iloilo Customs House) is the second-biggest customs house in the Philippines after the old Spanish Aduana (Intendencia) de Manila in Intramuros and the American era built Aduana de Manila (Manila Customs House).
Mansion de Lopez (Nelly's Garden), which is regaled as the "Queen of all heritage houses in Iloilo" and Panay, is one of the grand mansions in the heritage district of Jaro that resulted from the sugar boom.
Queen Regent Maria Cristina of Spain and her son King Alfonso XIII. The Queen Regent raised the status of Iloilo as a Royal City, on October 5, 1889, in the name of King Alfonso XIII, who was still a minor.
Seminario de San Vicente Ferrer in Jaro, Iloilo City, the oldest institution of higher education in Western Visayas region. It is the fifth oldest and the last seminary established by Spaniards in the Philippines.
Modern day Plaza Libertad (formerly Plaza Alfonso XII [El Duodécimo]) at night.
General Martín Teófilo Delgado marching in 1901 ahead of 30 officers and 140 men to surrender to Brig. Gen. Robert P. Hughes, regional commander of the US imperialist forces occupying the country.
Central Philippine University was founded in 1905 through a grant given by the American industrialist, oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, by the Baptist American missionaries; it is the first Baptist-founded and second American university in the Philippines and in Asia.
Aerial view of Iloilo, circa early 1900s.
Founded in 1901 by Protestant Presbyterian American missionary and physician Joseph Andrew Hall, CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital is the first American and Protestant founded hospital in the Philippines.
Old Spanish-era structure of Colegio de San Agustín, the present day University of San Agustin. It waS built to counter Protestantism by Spanish Roman Catholic Augustinian friars through their American confreres.
A market in Iloilo, in the 1910s.
St. Paul's Hospital Iloilo (circa 1920). Established during the American colonial period in 1911 by the Daughters of St. Paul or Chartres, it is the oldest existing hospital under the said Roman Catholic order in the Philippine islands.
Central Philippine University's main campus north-eastern side aerial view in the 1960s. During the onset of World War II, Central's entire properties on its main campus were heavily destroyed. The war torned university's main campus was rebuilt after the post-war, resulting for a well-laid campus plan dotted with palm and acacia trees and home to a plethora of century-old colonial American heritage structures built in the early 1900s.
Sunrise on the Iloilo River with the esplanade.
District map of Iloilo City showing its seven districts.
Jaro Cathedral or National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro and the Seat of Roman Catholicism in Western Visayas.
Jose Romeo O. Lazo, the incumbent Roman Catholic Archbishop of Jaro.
The statue of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of Candles) in Jaro Cathedral, the Roman Catholic patron of Western Visayas. Crowned personally during the apostolic visit of pope and saint John Paul II in 1981, it is the first marian image to receive such recognition without a papal legate in the Philippines and Asia.
Jaro Evangelical Church, the first Baptist Church in the Philippines (first Protestant church outside Manila).
SM Strata houses IT-BPO companies like Teletech, EXL Service, Hinduja, and Legato Health.
Iloilo Site and Philippine Center of at One Lorton Building, a U.S. based IT-BPO company with a global reach of eleven sites in five countries.
The Festive Walk Iloilo, the first (full-scale) Megaworld Lifestyle Mall outside Luzon.
The National Museum of the Philippines – Western Visayas housed in the old Iloilo Provincial Jail turned museum.
The Casa de Emperador in Iloilo Business Park houses the (ILOMOCA) Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art, first modern and contemporary art museum in Visayas in Mindanao; and Emperador Brandy Museum, the first brandy museum in the Philippines.
The Henry Luce III (Museum and Library) of Central Philippine University, the largest library in the Western Visayas (one of the largest in the Philippines). It houses collection on Asian arts and artifacts, the CPU Meyer Asian Collection.
An Ati dancer-warrior performs at the annual Dinagyang Festival.
The Dinagyang 3D Mural in Iloilo River Esplanade is one of the public art displays found across the city.
The Rose Memorial Auditorium in Central Philippine University, the largest theater in Western Visayas.
A bowl of La Paz Batchoy. Famous throughout the Philippines, it is an Ilonggo delicacy that originated from the La Paz district of Iloilo City.
A bowl of Pancit Molo.
Philippines International Fair souvenir journal in 1953, acknowledging Iloilo's being the Queen City of the South. The city's La Muy Leal y Noble Ciudad title can be seen in the journal as well.
A city landmark, Edificio de Villanueva is one of the heritage edifices that lines the historic Calle Real (Royal Street) Heritage Zone in Iloilo's downtown area.
Nelly's Garden or Lopez Mansion (Mansion de Lopez) in Jaro is regaled as the "Queen of all Heritage Houses in Western Visayas".
The Beaux-Arts Villa Lizares (Lizares Mansion) in the district of Jaro.
Campanario de Jaro (Jaro Belfry), one of the few free-standing bell towers in the Philippines that is detached from the church.
Casa de Emperador in Iloilo Business Park, an example of modern built classical styled edifice.
Aduana de Iloilo (Iloilo Customs House) with the Muelle Loney (Loney Dock) which was used as a wharf and port of call berthing ships that plied international routes when the Puerto de Iloilo (Port of Iloilo) was opened to the world market on September 29, 1855, by Queen Isabella II of Spain.
Iglesia de Molo (St. Anne Parish), the first Gothic and feminist church outside Manila.
Torre del Reloj (The Clock Tower) of Festive Walk Parade at Iloilo Business Park. Its construction is a result of the economic boom of the City of Iloilo since 2010.
The Iloilo Provincial Capitol, National Museum – Western Visayas Regional Museum, and Iloilo Hall of Justice with the Iloilo River in the foreground. Iloilo River, which snakes through the metropolis, is home to 22 of 35 species of mangroves endemic to the Philippines.
Diversion Road, which stretches from Infante in Molo district to Sambag in Jaro district, has a dedicated elevated bricked bicycle and jogging lane, the longest in the country.
The Iloilo River Esplanade at night. Stretching for about 8-9 kilometers on both banks of the Iloilo River, it is the longest river esplanade and linear park in the Philippines.
Qualimed Hospital Iloilo of AC Health (Ayala Corporation), the first Ayala/Qualimed Hospital in Visayas and Mindanao.
CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital which was founded in 1901 by the Presbyterian American missionary doctor Joseph Andrew Hall, is the first American and Protestant hospital in the Philippines (oldest operating hospital in the Western Visayas region). It serves as the university hospital of Central Philippine University. (Photo above is the IMH Medical Arts Building of the hospital)
Passad Jeepneys of Iloilo City.
Infante Flyover in Iloilo City – the first flyover outside Manila.
Engine of the Panay Railways on display in the City Proper's plaza, Plaza Libertad (formerly Plaza Alfonso XII).
Iloilo International Port/Loboc Wharf.
The Jalandoni Bridge over the Iloilo River.
The Panay Energy and Development Corporation's Coal power plant in Ingore, La Paz (district) of Iloilo City.
Central Philippine University which was founded as legacy institution of the American titan, John D. Rockefeller, is the first Baptist and second American founded university in the Philippines and in Asia. CPU has been ranked as one of the top universities in Asia and in the world for 2021 by Quacquarelli Symonds, one of the big two world university ranking agencies along with Times Higher Education, the first to do so in Western Visayas region. (Aerial view above is the main campus of CPU)
University of the Philippines Visayas – Iloilo City campus's main hall.
Central Philippine University College of Nursing which was founded as Union Mission Hospital Training School for Nurses (Iloilo Mission Hospital) in 1906 is the First School of Nursing in the Philippines.

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