Category:Asia/Philippines/Iloilo/Iloilo City/

Coordinates: 10°41′N 122°33′E 10.69, 122.55

Iloilo City

The City of Iloilo (Filipino Lungsod ng Iloilo, Hiligaynon Ciudad sang Iloilo) is the capital of, but independent from, the province of Iloilo. It is the economic hub of the Western Visayas region, as well as the center of the Iloilo-Guimaras Metropolitan Area.Iloilo was historically one of the major agricultural centers of the Philippines, exporting sugar, copra, bananas, mangoes and other natural resources during the Spanish and American colonial periods.In the 2007 census, Iloilo City had a population of 418,710 households with a 2.0% annual growth rate.^[1]

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