New Lucena, Iloilo

New Lucena is a fourth class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 22,174 people. The "New" in the name was added in 1955.

Geography

The Municipality of New Lucena is located in the central portion of the Province of Iloilo. New Lucena has a total land area of 4,410 hectares (10,900 acres), or 0.83% of the total area of Iloilo Province. It is approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) away from Iloilo City. It is bounded on the north-east by the Municipality of Pototan, on the southeast by the Municipality of Zarraga, on the south-west by the Municipality of Sta. Barbara and on the north-west by the Municipality of Cabatuan and a little portion of Mina.

The town proper of New Lucena could be traversed by land either way via Dawis-Zarraga or via Sta. Barbara. It is 9.8 kilometres (6.1 mi) from Sta. Barbara, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Cabatuan, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Pototan, 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) from Zarraga and 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Mina. New Lucena is crisscrossed by the roads from the north to south and east to west thus providing roads for easy means of transportation.

Iloilo

Iloilo is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Iloilo occupies the southeast portion of Panay Island and is bordered by province of Antique to the west and province of Capiz and the Jintotolo Channel to the north. Just off Iloilo's southeast coast is the island province Guimaras, once part of Iloilo but now an independent province. Across the Panay Gulf and Guimaras Strait is Negros Occidental. Iloilo's capital is Iloilo City though the city itself is independent and not governed by the provincial government of Iloilo.

According to the 2010 national census, the population of province excluding Iloilo City is 1,805,576. If Iloilo City is included, the population is 2,230,195.

History

At the time of the Spanish conquest, writing was a new import and the use of organic medium such as leaf and bamboo, and no pre-Hispanic written accounts of Iloilo exist today. Oral history, in the form of recited epics, has survived to a small degree, with a few recordings made from the last known surviving binukots. But from these oral history and from writings from other sources, one can still glean Iloilo's prehispanic past.

Iloilo (disambiguation)

Iloilo is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region.

Iloilo may also refer to:

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