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Sicogon
Sicogón is an island in northern Iloilo, which is part of the municipality of Carles, Iloilo, Philippines. It is named after ''cogon'', a type of grass found in abundance on the island. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 5,238. Sicogon was a popular tourist destination during the 1970s, famous for its crystal clear waters and long stretch of white sand beach lined with coconut trees. However, due to the situation caused by martial law, development stalled and Sicogon's popularity faded in favor of Boracay Island. History Sicogon Island was declared a tourist destination zone by former President Ferdinand Marcos in 1976. Modern development In June 2012, a municipal ordinance that declared Sicogon Island as a tourist destination was recognized by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Iloilo Province. The declaration aims to revive the island as a tourist destination and to open it for commercial use. A P10-billion development project was launched on May 9, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sicogon Airport
Sicogón is an island in northern Iloilo, which is part of the municipality of Carles, Iloilo, Philippines. It is named after ''cogon'', a type of grass found in abundance on the island. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 5,238. Sicogon was a popular tourist destination during the 1970s, famous for its crystal clear waters and long stretch of white sand beach lined with coconut trees. However, due to the situation caused by martial law, development stalled and Sicogon's popularity faded in favor of Boracay Island. History Sicogon Island was declared a tourist destination zone by former President Ferdinand Marcos in 1976. Modern development In June 2012, a municipal ordinance that declared Sicogon Island as a tourist destination was recognized by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Iloilo Province. The declaration aims to revive the island as a tourist destination and to open it for commercial use. A P10-billion development project was launched on May 9, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carles, Iloilo
Carles, officially the Municipality of Carles ( hil, Banwa sang Carles, tgl, Bayan ng Carles), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 72,637 people. Located on Panay island, it is known for its rich fishing grounds. History Settlers first arrived circa 1846 and cleared an area at Punta Bulakawe, north of the current poblacion. Following an influx of settlers from Aklan and Antique, the settlement fell under Pueblo de Pilar, Capiz. About 10 years later, the settlement was transferred to the lowland and renamed to Badiang. In 1860, the first attempt was made to convert the barrio into a municipality but the provincial government of Capiz refused. Because of this refusal, the town leaders petitioned the governor of Iloilo, Governor Jose Maria Carles, who approved the petition. On July 1, 1862, the new pueblo was inaugurated and renamed to Carles, in honor to the governor. First Gobernadorcillo was A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iloilo
Iloilo (), officially the Province of Iloilo ( hil, Kapuoran sang Iloilo; krj, Kapuoran kang Iloilo; tl, Lalawigan ng Iloilo), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is the City of Iloilo, the regional center of Western Visayas. Iloilo occupies a major southeast portion of the Visayan island of Panay and is bordered by the province of Antique to the west, Capiz to the north, the Jintotolo Channel to the northeast, the Guimaras Strait to the east, and the Iloilo Strait and Panay Gulf to the southwest. Just off Iloilo's southeast coast is the island province of Guimaras, once part of Iloilo but now an independent province. Across the Panay Gulf and Guimaras Strait is Negros Occidental, occupying the northwestern half of the larger island of Negros. Iloilo City, its capital, is the center of the Iloilo–Guimaras Metropolitan Area or Metro Iloilo–Guimaras, and is geographically located in the province and is grouped under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tumaquin Island
Tumaguin (variously Tamaguin, Tomaquin, or Tumaguin Islet) is a small, uninhabited island in the . Along with nearby Sicogon Island, it is part of Carles, Iloilo. Location and geography Tumaguin Island is located due east of Sicogon Island. The island is above sea level. There is a four fathom patch of deep water a little over from the island. Transport Tumaguin Island is accessible from barangay Buaya in Sicogon by boat, or by foot during low tide. See also * List of islands in the Philippines * List of islands * Desert island References {{Authority control Islands of Iloilo Uninhabited islands of the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tumaguin
Tumaguin (variously Tamaguin, Tomaquin, or Tumaguin Islet) is a small, uninhabited island in the . Along with nearby Sicogon Island, it is part of Carles, Iloilo. Location and geography Tumaguin Island is located due east of Sicogon Island. The island is above sea level. There is a four fathom patch of deep water a little over from the island. Transport Tumaguin Island is accessible from barangay Buaya in Sicogon by boat, or by foot during low tide. See also * List of islands in the Philippines * List of islands * Desert island A desert island, deserted island, or uninhabited island, is an island, islet or atoll that is not permanently populated by humans. Uninhabited islands are often depicted in films or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereot ... References {{Authority control Islands of Iloilo Uninhabited islands of the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Visayas
Western Visayas ( hil, Kabisay-an Nakatundan; tl, Kanlurang Kabisayaan or ''Kanlurang Visayas'') is an administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VI. It consists of six provinces (Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo and Negros Occidental) and two highly urbanized cities (Bacolod and Iloilo City). The regional center is Iloilo City. The region is dominated by the native speakers of four Visayan languages: Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Aklanon and Capiznon. The land area of the region is , and with a population of 7,954,723 inhabitants, it is the second most populous region in the Visayas after Central Visayas. On May 29, 2015, the region was realigned, when Western Visayas (Region VI) lost both the province of Negros Occidental and the highly urbanized city of Bacolod to the newly formed Negros Island Region. However, the region was dissolved, resulting in the return of Negros Occidental and Bacolod to Western Visayas Region on August 9, 2017. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panay
Panay is the sixth-largest and fourth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of and has a total population of 4,542,926 as of 2020 census. Panay comprises 4.4 percent of the entire population of the country. The City of Iloilo is its largest settlement with a total population of 457,626 inhabitants as of 2020 census. Panay is a triangular island, located in the western part of the Visayas. It is about across. It is divided into four Provinces of the Philippines, provinces: Aklan, Antique (province), Antique, Capiz and Iloilo, all in the Western Visayas Regions of the Philippines, Region. Just closely off the mid-southeastern coast lies the island-province of Guimaras. It is located southeast of the island of Mindoro and northwest of Negros Island, Negros across the Guimaras Strait. To the north and northeast is the Sibuyan Sea, Jintotolo Channel and the island-provinces of Romblon and Masbate; to the west and southwest is the Sulu Sea and the Palawan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Islands In The Philippines
The islands of the Philippines, also known as the Philippine Archipelago, comprises about 7,641 islands, of which only about 2,000 are inhabited.Magical Islands , Philippine Tourism, retrieved 2012 More than 5,000 islands of the archipelago are yet to be given official names. They are clustered into the three major island groups of , , and |
Canas Island
Canas or Cañas may refer to: Places * Canas (Lycia), a town of ancient Lycia, now in Turkey * Amatlán de Cañas, a municipality in Nayarit, Mexico * Cañas Canton, in Guanacaste province, Costa Rica * Cañas, Costa Rica, capital of the Cañas canton * Cañas, La Rioja, in Spain * Canas, Peru, a province in the Cusco Region of Peru * Canas, São Paulo, a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil * Canas de Senhorim, a town in the municipality of Nelas, Portugal * Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas", in El Salvador * Villar de Cañas, a municipality in Cuenca, Spain * Canas, Ponce, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Canas Urbano, a barrio of Ponce, Puerto Rico * Cañas, Los Santos, Panama Fictional Characters * Canas, a Shaman in the video game ''Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade'' Other uses * Canas (surname) See also * Cañas River (other) Cañas River may refer to: * Cañas River (Mexico) * Cañas River (Bebedero River tributary), in Costa Rica and Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estancia, Iloilo
Estancia (), officially the Municipality of Estancia ( hil, Banwa sang Estancia, tgl, Bayan ng Estancia), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 53,200 people. Estancia is located in the northern part of the province and is from the provincial capital, Iloilo City, and from Roxas City. History Estancia was originally a ranch for a wealthy Spaniard named Rodrigo who married a local woman. Estancia is not known for its agricultural products nor livestock but rather for its location as it is adjacent to Carles' impressive marine resources. Estancia has a fishport and a pier - these being one of the most developed in Northern Visayas, a banking industry, cable television, a hospital (adjacent only, that belongs to the Municipality of Balasan) and resorts. Estancia is known around the country as a center for commercial fishing, so much so that it shares to carries the name Alaska of the Philippin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barangays
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan areas, the term often refers to an inner city neighborhood, a suburb, or a suburban neighborhood or even a borough. The word ''barangay'' originated from ''balangay'', a type of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to the Philippines. Municipalities and cities in the Philippines are politically subdivided into barangays, with the exception of the municipalities of Adams in Ilocos Norte and Kalayaan in Palawan, with each containing a single barangay. Barangays are sometimes informally subdivided into smaller areas called '' purok'' ( en, "zone"), or barangay zones consisting of a cluster of houses for organizational purposes, and ''sitios'', which are territorial enclaves—usually rural—far from the barangay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balbagon Island
Balbagon is a teardrop-shaped island in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is one of fourteen islands politically administered by the municipality of Carles. There is a small beach resort on the island. Location and geography Balbagon is a narrow, low-lying wooded island northeast of the Panay Island coast in the Visayan Sea. It is west of Gigantes Sur and directly west of Nabunot Island. Balbagon is part of barangay Lantangan, on Gigantes Sur. The Coral Cay Beach Resort is on Balbagon and is accessible from Gigantes Sur. Two minor islands lie east and south of Balbagon. Ojastras Islet is a small cay south of Balbagon, while Turnina Islet is to the east. Shoal spits connect both islets to Balbagon. See also * List of islands in the Philippines References External links Balbagon Islandat OpenStreetMap OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a free, open geographic database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. Contributors collect data ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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