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The island is known for Mount Pan de Azucar (Sugarloaf Mountain) a steep volcanic cone and a prominent landmark at the northern entrance of Guimaras Strait. [1] Pan de Azucar is under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Concepcion, Iloilo on Panay Island, one of the largest and major islands of the Philippines. Pan de Azucar is the largest ...
Poverty Incidence of Guimaras 10 20 30 40 50 2000 16.85 2003 49.50 2006 25.30 2009 20.73 2012 25.20 2015 5.22 2018 9.49 2021 7.30 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Mangoes galore in the Guimaras Manggahan Festival The sectors having the most potential to support Guimaras' economic development are mangoes, tourism, cashew cultivation, and food processing. Another expanding sector is ...
This is the site of the Guimaras oil spill in August 2006, when the oil tanker MT Solar 1 sank a few kilometers from Nueva Valencia. Nueva Valencia is a part of the Metro Iloilo–Guimaras area, centered on Iloilo City. It is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Jordan.
Aman Resorts is the trading entity of Aman Group Sarl, a Swiss-headquartered multinational hospitality company. Founded by Indonesian hotelier Adrian Zecha in 1988, the company operates 35 properties in 20 countries.
Sibunag, officially the Municipality of Sibunag (Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Sibunag; Tagalog: Bayan ng Sibunag), is a municipality in the province of Guimaras, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 23,162 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.
The Metropolitan Iloilo Development Council (MIDC) was created through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) dated February 9, 2001, by the City of Iloilo, along with four nearby municipalities: Oton, Pavia, San Miguel, and Leganes, to foster collaborative approaches aimed primarily at the economic and urbanization growth of the area.
Poverty incidence of Buenavista 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 22.50 2009 23.94 2012 16.25 2015 18.36 2018 6.99 2021 14.37 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Transportation Buenavista, Guimaras ferry terminal for pump boats There are passenger ferries, utilizing pump boats to Iloilo City. The ferry terminal in Iloilo is on the Iloilo River. Education Buenavista is the center of higher education ...
The Our Lady of the Philippines Monastery is a Catholic Trappist monastery on Jordan, Guimaras, Philippines and is the only Trappist monastery in the country. It was founded in 1972 and at present, [ when? ] there are 35 monks living in the monastery .