Chico (variously Bag-o Sipol, Chico Islet or Maguho Islet)
is an uninhabited island in northeastern
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 ...
,
Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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. It is part of the municipality of
Concepcion. The island is owned by the heirs of Consuelo and Zacarias Bagaforo of Malangabang Island.
Location and geography
Chico Island is east of
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 o ...
Island in the
Visayan Sea
The Visayan Sea is a sea in the Philippines surrounded by the islands of the Visayas. It is bounded by the islands Masbate to the north, Panay to the west, Leyte to the east, and Cebu and Negros to the south.
The sea is connected to several bod ...
. Part of the
Concepcion Islands
The Concepcion Islands are 17 variously inhabited and uninhabited islands in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. The islands are politically subdivided into 11 island barangays and are part of the municipality of Concepcion. According to the 2010 c ...
, Chico is east of
Sombrero Island
Sombrero, also known as Hat Island, is part of the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla and is the northernmost island of the Lesser Antilles. It lies north-west of Anguilla across the Dog and Prickly Pear Passage. The distance to Dog Isla ...
and near
Agho Island
Agho Island is a small, mostly uninhabited island in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is part of the municipality of Concepcion.
Location and geography
Agho Island is 7 nautical miles east of Panay Island in the Visayan Sea. It is in a chan ...
.
See also
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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.[List of islands
This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water
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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
External links
Chico Islandat
OpenStreetMap
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Concepcion Islands at Explore Iloilo
Islands of Iloilo
Uninhabited islands of the Philippines
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