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La Villa Rica De Arevalo
Villa de Arevalo (; ), commonly known as simply Villa or Arevalo, is a Districts of Iloilo City, district in Iloilo City, Philippines. It is the westernmost district of Iloilo City and shares its border with Oton to the west, in the province of Iloilo, on the island of Panay in the Western Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 55,476 people.The district is known for its heritage and cultural landmarks, including the Camiña Balay Nga Bato, Camiña Balay nga Bato, a 19th-century heritage house, and Villa Beach, which features several resorts and popular local restaurants and bars. Notable landmarks in Arevalo include the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santo Niño de Arevalo, which houses the Santo Niño de Arévalo, the third oldest ''Christ Child, Santo Niño'' (Infant Jesus) image in the Philippines. Arevalo is often referred to as the "Flower Capital of Iloilo" due to the abundance of potted plants, flowers, bouquets, and wreat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Iloilo City
Iloilo City is a Merger (politics), conglomeration of former cities and towns in the Philippines, which are now the geographical or Administrative divisions of the Philippines#Local administrative districts, administrative districts (Borough, boroughs) composed of seven: Arevalo, Iloilo City, Arevalo, Iloilo City Proper, City Proper, Jaro, Iloilo City, Jaro, La Paz, Iloilo City, La Paz, Lapuz, Iloilo City, Lapuz, Mandurriao, and Molo, Iloilo City, Molo. All administrative districts are divisions of the Iloilo City's at-large congressional district, lone congressional district of Iloilo City, and each is composed of Barangay, barangays (barrios), with a total of 180 city barangays. The City of Iloilo was originally referred to only as what is now known as the City Proper district until July 16, 1937, when the surrounding municipalities of Arevalo, La Paz, Mandurriao, and Molo were consolidated with the city after it was re-chartered by the United States Military Government of the Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barangay
The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial polities of the same name, modern barangays are political subdivisions of cities and municipalities which are analogous to Village#Philippines, villages, districts, neighborhoods, suburbs, or boroughs. The word ''barangay'' originated from ''balangay'', a type of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to the Philippines. All Municipalities of the Philippines, municipalities and Cities of the Philippines, cities in the Philippines are politically subdivided into barangays, with the exception of the municipalities of Adams, Ilocos Norte, Adams in Ilocos Norte and Kalayaan, Palawan, Kalayaan in Palawan, each containing a single barangay. Barangays are sometimes informally subdivided into smaller areas called ''purok'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iloilo River
The Iloilo River is an estuarine river located in the southeastern part of the province of Iloilo, in Western Visayas, Philippines. The river starts in Oton at the Batiano estuary, then traverses through the Iloilo City districts of Arevalo, Molo, Mandurriao, La Paz, Lapuz, and the City Proper, before emptying into the Iloilo Strait. As an estuary, the river level fluctuates with the tides. This flow brings in nutrients from the sea, which makes the Iloilo River a nursery for fish species such as bangus and tilapia. The banks of the river are home to 22 of the country's 35 mangrove species, as well as the rare '' metapenaeus insolitus''. Wharf Iloilo River wharf, including Muelle Loney Street in the Iloilo City Proper, is a natural harbor which made it a preferred port of call for ships seeking protection from strong winds and tropical monsoons. It serves as port for inter island ferries that travel from Iloilo City to Bacolod on Negros and to Guimaras. It is also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moro People
The Moro people or Bangsamoro people are the 13 Muslim-majority ethnolinguistic Austronesian groups of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan, native to the region known as the Bangsamoro (lit. ''Moro nation'' or ''Moro country''). As Muslim-majority ethnic groups, they form the largest non-Christian population in the Philippines, and according the 2020 census conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority, they comprise about 6.5% of the country's total population, or 7.1 million people. Most Moros are followers of Sunni Islam of the Shafiʽi school of fiqh. The Moros were once independent under a variety of local states, including the Sultanate of Sulu, the Sultanate of Maguindanao, and the Confederation of sultanates in Lanao; withstanding repeated Spanish invasions, the Moro states remained de facto independent up until the Moro Rebellion of the early 20th century. Upon Philippine independence in 1946, the Moros continued their struggle for self-determination against a predom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Household
A household consists of one or more persons who live in the same dwelling. It may be of a single family or another type of person group. The household is the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government models, and is important to economics and inheritance. Household models include families, blended families, shared housing, group homes, boarding houses, houses of multiple occupancy (UK), and single room occupancy (US). In feudal societies, the royal household and medieval households of the wealthy included servants and other retainers. Government definitions For statistical purposes in the United Kingdom, a household is defined as "one person or a group of people who have the accommodation as their only or main residence and for a group, either share at least one meal a day or share the living accommodation, that is, a living room or sitting room". The introduction of legislation to control houses of multiple occupations in the UK Housing Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christ Child
The Christ Child—also known as Baby Jesus, Infant Jesus, Child Jesus, Divine Child, Divine Infant and the Holy Child—refers to Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ during his early years. The term refers to a period of life of Jesus, Jesus' life, described in the canonical Gospels, encompassing his nativity of Jesus, nativity in Bethlehem, the visit of the Magi, and his Presentation of Jesus, presentation at the Temple in Jerusalem. It also includes his childhood, culminating in the event where his parents Finding in the Temple, find him in the Temple at age 12, after which the Gospels Unknown years of Jesus, remain silent about his life until the start of his ministry of Jesus, ministry. Liturgical feasts Liturgical feasts relating to Christ's infancy and childhood include: * Christmas, The Feast of the Nativity of Jesus Christ (25 December) * The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ#Byzantine Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, Feast of the Circumcision of Christ (1 Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archdiocesan Shrine Of Santo Niño De Arevalo
The Archdiocesan Shrine of Santo Niño de Arevalo, also known as the Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish and Arevalo Church, is a Roman Catholic church located in the district of Arevalo in Iloilo City, Philippines. It houses the Santo Niño de Arevalo, the third oldest image of the Holy Child in the Philippines. It is under the Archdiocese of Jaro. History The parish was established in 1582, with Fr. Diego Velasquez appointed as the first parish priest. By the late 16th century, Arevalo had surpassed the settlement of Oton, becoming the administrative and religious center for Spanish officials on Panay Island. In 1584, the Augustinian order took over the parish, appointing Fr. Juan Montoya, O.S.A. as parish priest. However, due to a shortage of friars, the Augustinians left in 1587, and the parish was handed over to the Jesuits, and later to the secular clergy. In 1868, under the leadership of Fr. Anselmo Avanceña, the church underwent its second major reconstruction, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Beach
Villa Beach (Playa de Villa de Arevalo), also locally known as Villa Baybay, is an urban long gray sand beach located in the district of Villa de Arevalo on the southern coast of Iloilo City, Philippines. Villa Beach is home to several popular local restaurants, including Tatoy's and Breakthrough Restaurant, known for serving seafood. The beach also home to many resorts. Paraw Regatta Festival The Paraw Regatta Festival is an event held annually at Villa Beach, typically during February. This festival features a race among local seafarers on colorful sailboats called paraw Paraw (also spelled ''parao'') are various double outrigger sail boats in the Philippines. It is a general term (similar to the term '' bangka'') and thus can refer to a range of ship types, from small fishing canoes to large merchant lashe ..., which navigate the straits between Guimaras Island and the City of Iloilo. References External links *{{Commons category-inline, Villa BeachIloil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camiña Balay Nga Bato
Avanceña–Camiña Balay Nga Bato (), also known simply as Camiña Balay Nga Bato, is a -year-old ''bahay na bato'' in the Arevalo district, Iloilo City, Philippines. It was built in 1865 and was designed by the first parish priest of Molo, Anselmo Avanceña, for Don Fernando Avanceña and his wife, Eulalia Abaja. It was then passed on from one family to another until it came under the Camiñas family. /sup> It is now owned by the fourth generation of the original owners, Gerard Camiña, former director of the Land Transportation Office in Western Visayas, and his wife, Luth Camiña. The ancestral house was declared as an Important Cultural Property by the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) in 2015. The heritage house is also now a heritage museum and a restaurant, serving a variety of Ilonggo delicacies and its well-known homemade ''tsokolate tablea'' (chocolate tablets). History The house was once the home of Fernando Avancena and his wife, Eulalia Abaja, and was ... [...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 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 the 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 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 archipe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
