Panay is the sixth-largest and fourth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of 12,011 km2 (4,637 sq mi) 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.
Aklan, officially the Province of Aklan, is a province in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Its capital is Kalibo. The province is situated in the northwest portion of Panay Island, bordering Antique to the southwest, and Capiz to the southeast. Aklan faces the Sibuyan Sea and Romblon province to the north.
Kalibo, officially the Municipality of Kalibo, is a 1st class municipality and capital of the Province of Aklan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 89,127 people.
Balete, officially the Municipality of Balete, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 30,090 people.
Banga, officially the Municipality of Banga, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 40,318 people.
Lezo, officially the Municipality of Lezo, is a 5th class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. It is the smallest municipality in the province both by population and by land area, and even by revenue. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,639 people.
Makato, officially the Municipality of Makato, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,717 people.
Numancia, officially the Municipality of Numancia, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. Because of its proximity to the Capital Town of Kalibo, majority of its baranggays are classified as urbanized making the municipality the second most densely populated municipality in the province with 1,200 inhabitants per square kilometres. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 35,693 people.
The legislative districts of Capiz are the representation of the province of Capiz in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first and second congressional districts.
The Regional Science High School for Region VI (formerly Aklan Development High School / Science Development High School of Aklan / Science Development National High School is a public secondary science school supervised by the Department of Education. It is located in Old Buswang, Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines.
Aklan State University ) also referred to by its acronym ASU is a provincial state university in Aklan province, Philippines. Its main campus is located in the town of Banga, with four other campuses across the province. The ASU focuses on agriculture, fishery, arts and sciences, engineering and technology, and education.
Florencio Tumbocon Miraflores is a Filipino politician. "Joeben" was born in Ibajay, Aklan to parents Dr. Jose Conlu Miraflores and Eusebia Tumbocon. He is married to Ma. Lourdes Villanueva Martin. He graduated valedictorian at St. Clement's College, Iloilo and finished Industrial and Management Engineering at De La Salle University. He was Mayor of Ibajay from 1988 to 1995, and Governor of Aklan from 1995 to 2004 and from 2013 to 2022
The Aklan Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of the Philippine province of Aklan.
This is a list of notable events that happened in the Philippines in the year 1897.
Ning Legaspi Cabagnot, complete name Phoebe Clarice Legaspi Cabagnot, is a Filipina politician and an incumbent Sangguniang Panlalawigan Member of the Western District of the Province of Aklan, Philippines.
The Kalibo Integrated Special Education Center, formerly Kalibo Elementary School II / Kalibo Elementary School II, is a public integrated school in Kalibo supervised by the Department of Education. It is located in XIX Martyrs Street, Poblacion, Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines.
Jose Cortes Altavas was a Filipino politician, legislator and man of letters. He was a municipal councilman of Capiz, provincial board member (1906–1907), congressman, governor of Capiz (1910–1916), senator, and 1934 Constitutional Convention delegate.
Aklan's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Aklan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2019. The district consists of the provincial capital municipality of Kalibo and adjacent municipalities of Altavas, Balete, Banga, Batan, Libacao, Madalag, and New Washington. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Carlito S. Marquez of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), who has represented the district since its creation.
The Cathedral Parish of Saint John the Baptist, or simply Kalibo Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral church. The cathedral is the seat of the Diocese of Kalibo. It is situated near the Aklan River in downtown Kalibo, the capital of Aklan province of the Philippines, some 350 kilometres south of Manila.
The 1990 Panay earthquake occurred at 3:41 p.m. local time on 14 June 1990 with a moment magnitude of 7.1 in the Richter scale, leaving eight dead and 41 others injured. The epicenter was located at Culasi, Antique on Panay Island in the Philippines. The depth was computed to be 15 kilometers. It was generated by fault movement in the collisional zone off western Panay Island.
