Iloilo City

Iloilo City is the capital city of the province of Iloilo, Philippines. In 2015, 447,992 people lived there.^[1] 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 of the province of Capiz. People from the city are called Ilonggos.

Iloilo City Media

The territorial expansion of Iloilo City.
Charles V of Spain.
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 old Spanish Aduana (Intendencia) de Manila in Intramuros and the American era built Aduana de Manila (Manila Customs House).
Mansion de Lopez (Nelly's 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 City, on October 5, 1889, in the name of King Alfonso XIII, who was still a minor.
Seminario de San Vicente Ferrer in Jaro, Iloilo City, the oldest institution of higher education in Western Visayas region. It is the fifth oldest and the last seminary established by Spaniards in the Philippines.
General Martín Teófilo Delgado marching in 1901 ahead of 30 officers and 140 men to surrender to Brig. Gen. Robert P. Hughes, regional commander of the US forces occupying the country.
Sailing ships at the Muelle Loney wharf of Iloilo City, circa 1920s to 1930s.