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Oton, officially the Municipality of Oton (; Kinaray-a: Banwa kang Oton, Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Oton, Tagalog: Bayan ng Oton), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 98,509 people making it as the most populous town in the province and the entire Panay island. [3]
The old Oton Church, also known as the Immaculate Conception Parish Church, was a Gothic - Neoclassical Roman Catholic church located in Oton, Iloilo, Philippines. Once one of the largest churches in the country, it was destroyed in an earthquake in 1948 .
Eusebio Villanueva Building and Iloilo commercial heritage district marker.. This list of historical markers installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in Western Visayas (Region VI) is an annotated list of people, places, or events in the region that have been commemorated by cast-iron plaques issued by the said commission.
Iloilo is known for its rich history and cultural heritage. ... Old Oton Church in Oton: consecrated 1891, destroyed by earthquake January 24, 1948.
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.
Jaro Cathedral was first established as a visita (chapel-of-ease) of Oton on March 3, 1575, and later became a visita of Arevalo in 1584. It later became a parish in April 1587 under the advocation of Our Lady of the Nativity. [5]
Oton death mask – Discovered in the 1960s by Alfredo Evanghilista and F. Landa Jocan, it consists of gold nose-disc and eye mask find in an ancient grave in Oton, Iloilo. [13] The Death Mask was used to cover the faces of the dead to inhibit evil spirits from entering the body of the deceased.
Guimbal, Igbaras, Miagao, Oton, San Joaquin, Tigbauan: 2nd: Nacionalista: Re-elected in 1938. 1938–1941 Guimbal, Igbaras, Miagao, Oton, San Joaquin, Tigbauan, Tubungan: District dissolved into the two-seat Iloilo's at-large district and the two-seat Iloilo City's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic). # Member