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 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 and largest town 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.
Western Visayas is an administrative region in the Philippines,numerically designated as Region VI. The region comprises the islands of Panay and Guimaras. It consists of five provinces:Aklan,Antique,Capiz,and Iloilo on Panay,and the island province of Guimaras. The region also includes one highly urbanized city,Iloilo City,which is the largest city and serves as the regional center.
Boracay is a resort island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines,located 0.8 kilometers (0.50 mi) off the northwest coast of Panay Island. It has a total land area of 10.32 square kilometers (3.98 sq mi),under the jurisdiction of three barangays in Malay,Aklan,and had a population of 37,802 in 2020.
Kalibo,officially the Municipality of Kalibo,is a first-class municipality and capital of the Province of Aklan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 89,127 people.
Malay,officially the Municipality of Malay,is a 1st class municipality in the province of Aklan,Philippines. It is the richest municipality in the province in terms of revenue. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 60,077 people,making it the second most populous municipality in Aklan. It is the northernmost town on the island of Panay and the youngest amongst all municipalities in Aklan province. The resort island of Boracay is part of the municipality.
New Washington,officially the Municipality of New Washington,is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Aklan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 47,955 people.
Aklanon (Akeanon),also known as Bisaya/Binisaya nga Aklanon/Inaklanon or simply Aklan,is an Austronesian language of the Bisayan subgroup spoken by the Aklanon people in the province of Aklan on the island of Panay in the Philippines. Its unique feature among other Bisayan languages is the close-mid back unrounded vowel occurring as part of diphthongs and traditionally written with the letter ⟨Ee⟩ such as in the autonyms Akean and Akeanon. However,this phoneme is also present in other but geographically scattered and distant Philippine languages,namely Itbayat,Isneg,Manobo,Samal and Sagada.
Godofredo P. Ramos International Airport,also known as Caticlan International Airport and recently,Boracay Airport by its developer Trans Aire,is an international airport serving the general area of the municipality of Malay,located in the province of Aklan in the Philippines. It is one of the two gateways to Boracay,the other being Kalibo International Airport in Kalibo.
The legislative districts of Aklan are the representations of the province of Aklan 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 Philippine Nautical Highway System,also the Road Roll-on/Roll-off Terminal System (RRTS) or simply the RoRo System,is an integrated network of highway and vehicular ferry routes which forms the backbone of a nationwide vehicle transport system in the Philippines. It is a system of roads and ports developed by the Philippine government to connect the major islands of Luzon,the Visayas and Mindanao. The 919-kilometer (571 mi) nautical highway was opened to the public on April 12,2003 as the Strong Republic Nautical Highway (SRNH).
The Aklanon people are the ethnolinguistic group who lived in the province of Aklan. They are part of the wider Bisaya ethnolinguistic group,who constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group.
Elections were held in Western Visayas for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 13,2013.
Elections were held in Western Visayas for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9,2016.
The 2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections were the 35th lower house elections in the Philippines. They were held on May 13,2019,to elect members to the House of Representatives.
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.
Aklan's 2nd 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 municipalities of Buruanga,Ibajay,Lezo,Makato,Malay,Malinao,Nabas,Numancia,and Tangalan. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Teodorico Haresco Jr. of the Nacionalista Party (NP),who has represented the district since its creation.
Aklan's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Aklan. It was represented by a single member in the House of Representatives of the Philippines who was elected provincewide at-large from 1957 until its reapportionment in 2018. The district was created following the establishment of Aklan as a regular province separate from Capiz on April 25,1956 through Republic Act No. 1414. Before 1956,its territories were represented in the national legislatures as part of Capiz's at-large,2nd and 3rd districts. It was a single-member district for the final four legislatures of the Third Philippine Republic from 1957 to 1972,the national parliament of the Fourth Philippine Republic from 1984 to 1986,and the 8th to 17th congresses of the Fifth Philippine Republic from 1987 to 2019.
Carlito Marquez is a Filipino politician. He currently serves as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the 1st District of Aklan.
