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 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 Aduana (Intendencia) de Manila in Intramuros.
Mansion de Lopez (Nelly 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 5 October 1889, in the name of King Alfonso XIII, who was still a minor.
Modern day Plaza Libertad (formerly Plaza Alfonso XII [El Doceavo]) at night
General Martín Teofilo 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.
Old Spanish-era structure of Colegio de San Agustín
St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary in Jaro, Iloilo City
A market in Iloilo, in the 1910s
St. Paul Hospital c. 1920
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.
Jaro Cathedral (Catedral de Jaro/Catedral Metropolitana de Jaro) 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. It is one of the largest Roman Catholic Archdioceses in the Philippines and formerly, the Archdiocese of Capiz, Diocese of Dumaguete, the islands of Palawan, Mindoro and Zamboanga were parts of its ecclesiastical jurisdiction before they separated.
Jose Romeo O. Lazo, the incumbent Roman Catholic Archbishop of Jaro.
Jaro Evangelical Church, the first Baptist Church in the Philippines (second Protestant Church in the Philippines/first Protestant Church outside Manila both after the Central United Methodist Church (Manila) (1899)).
The Courtyard by Marriott Iloilo, the first Marriott under the Courtyard brand hotel in the Philippines.
Injap Tower and SM Strata in front of SM City Iloilo in Mandurriao district of Iloilo City.
The Festive Walk Iloilo, the first (full-scale) Megaworld Lifestyle Mall outside Luzon.
The Iloilo City Hall (Ayuntamiento de Iloilo).
Casa de Emperador houses the Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA), the first museum dedicated to contemporary and modern art in Visayas and Mindanao (the first Megaworld Corporation 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).
An Ati dancer-warrior performs at the annual Dinagyang Festival.
The Rose Memorial Auditorium in Central Philippine University, the largest theater in Western Visayas.
The Iloilo Convention Center (ICC)
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.
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 town 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 29 September 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.
Castle of Don Juan Ledesma (Castillo de Don Juan Ledesma)
The Iloilo River Esplanade at night. Stretching at about 7-8 kilometers on the both sides of the Iloilo River banks, it is the longest river esplanade and linear park in the Philippines.
Sunburst Park (formerly Plaza de Aduana (Custom's Square)).
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 Iloilo City plaza
The Iloilo International Airport
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.