6th District of Iloilo?

          Will there be a Sixth District of Iloilo in the near future?

          For the longest time, it has been decades since the province of Iloilo added a new legislative district. Times have changed now and populations ever increasing. Based on the population projections for Philippine municipalities, Iloilo is indeed ripe for the addition on another district, the 6th district of Iloilo.

          Based on the projection for the year 2022, the presidential election year, the map below shows how Iloilo province will be rearranged to accommodate a new district while satisfying the required 250,000 district population.

          If this will be realized this move, adding another district to Iloilo, will create more representation for the province of Iloilo in the congress.

What do you think?

Source: DOH Population Projections 2018-2022; www.doh.gov.ph/node/15619

Sixth (6th) District of Iloilo soon?

* Non-official publication

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the Philippines by Province

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in each province of the Philippines as of March 31, 2020, 4PM (GMT +8)

Source: DOH COVID-19 Tracker

COVID-19 Testing Centers in the Philippines

Working capacity of the following COVID-19 laboratories as of March 27, 2020 in number of tests per day.

1. Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM): 600
2. Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center: 80 - 160
3. San Lazaro Hospital: 80 - 160
4. Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center: 80 - 160
5. Southern Philippines Medical Center: 80 - 160


Source: Department of Health
PS: the base map shows the population density of the Philippines

1921 Map of the Philippines

This a map of the Philippines in 1921 during the American Occupation. I adapted this map from the old Collier's 1921 Map of the Philippine Islands.

The major differences of this map from the modern (c 2017) Philippine map are as follows:

LUZON

• The aggregate of Mountain Province:
• the modern-day Apayao, Kalinga, Ifugao and Benguet
• Bontoc with Lepanto is now named Mountain Province
• Amburayan is now part of Ilocos Sur
• Isabela (with Quirino in it)
• Metro Manila is associated with Rizal Province
• Tayabas (now Aurora, Quezon and Marinduque)
• Mindoro (now Occidental and Oriental Mindoro)
• Ambos Camarines or the "Two Camarines" (now Camarines Norte and Sur)
• Albay (with Catanduanes)

VISAYAS

• Capiz (with Aklan)
• Iloilo (with Guimaras)
• Negros Oriental (with Siquijor)
• Leyte as a whole (now Leyte and Southern Leyte)
• Samar as a whole (now Northern Samar, Samar, and Eastern Samar)

MINDANAO

• Misamis (now Camiguin, Misamis Occidental and Oriental)
• Agusan (now Agusan del Norte, A. del Sur, and Bukidnon)
• Surigao (now Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte, and S. del Sur)
• Moro Province - the rest of Mindanao (the two Lanaos, Zamboanga Peninsula Region, Davao Region, Cotabato Region [SOCCSKSARGEN and Maguindanao], and the Sulu Archipelago

*This the first in a series of "refurbished" old Philippine maps that I'm going to publish. I'm still finalizing the other maps. Thank You!

Panay Island Satellite Map 2015 (composite)

A composite of the latest satellite maps for Panay Island gathered from the Philippines' own Diwata 1 Microsatellite.

Philippine Annual Corn Production by Province, 2015

Philippine Annual Rice Production by Province, 2015