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List Of People From Iloilo
The following is a list of people born or associated with Iloilo and Iloilo City. Arts, literature, and entertainment Beauty pageants * Angelia Ong – Miss Earth 2015 winner * Anjanette Abayari – Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1991 winner * Pura Villanueva Kalaw – first Manila Carnival queen in 1908 * Rabiya Occeña Sundall Mateo – Miss Universe Philippines 2020 winner * Alexie Brooks - Miss Eco International 2025 Winner Film * Nick Deocampo – film director, film historian * Peter Solis Nery – film director, actor, producer, writer; ''Gugma sa Panahon sang Bakunawa'' (2012) Literature * Gilbert Luis R. Centina III – Palanca awardee * Leoncio P. Deriada – Ilonggo Palanca awardee * Magdalena Jalandoni – Hiligaynon poet, National Cultural awardee for Literature * Ramon Muzones – National Artist for Literature. * Stevan Javellana – Ilonggo writer * Peter Solis Nery – Ilonggo Palanca Awards Hall of Fame awardee; first Filipino author invited to the Shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iloilo
Iloilo ( ; ), officially the Province of Iloilo (; ; ; ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital and largest city is Iloilo City, the regional center of Western Visayas and politically independent from the province. Iloilo occupies the 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. 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 grouped under it by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but remains politically independent from the provincial government. According to the 2020 census, the population of the province (excluding Iloilo City) is 2,051,899. If Iloilo City is included, the population is 2,509,525 in to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
