Jaro, Iloilo
Jaro (; ) is a district of Iloilo City in the Philippine province of Iloilo on Panay Island in the Western Visayas region. It is the largest in terms of area and population of Iloilo City's seven districts, with 130,700 people in the 2020 census. Once a separate city, Jaro merged with Iloilo City when it was re-incorporated in the 1940s during the American administration in the Philippines. Jaro is the largest of all the seven districts comprising the City of Iloilo. The Iloilo City district of La Paz and the present municipalities of Leganes and Pavia, adjoined as historical parts of Jaro before they became independent. Jaro lends its name to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro, the metropolitan see which encompasses the provinces of Antique, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental. The Jaro annual Catholic feast of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria ( Our Lady of the Candles), the Roman Catholic patron of the whole Western Visayas and Romblon, held every February 2, is one ...
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Administrative Divisions Of The Philippines
The Philippines is divided into four levels of administrative divisions with the lower three being defined in the Local Government Code of 1991 as local government units (LGUs). They are, from the highest to the lowest: # Regions ( fil, rehiyon), mostly used to organize national services. Of the 17 regions, only one – the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao – has an elected government to which the central government has devolved competencies. # Provinces ( fil, lalawigan or probinsya), independent cities ( fil, lungsod or siyudad), and one independent municipality (Pateros). # Component cities ( fil, lungsod or siyudad) and municipalities ( fil, bayan or munisipalidad) within a province. # Barangays (formerly known, and sometimes still referred to as, ''barrios'') within a city or municipality. Other divisions also exist for specific purposes: * Geographic island groups in popular and widespread use; * Local administrative districts in use by some local gov ...
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