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?

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Iloilo Municipalities Qualified in the Top 400 Most Competitive Municipalities of the Philippines

          Out of the 1,494 municipilaties of the Philippines, the 400 most competitive municipalities was determined. The following are municipalities of the Province of Iloilo that got qualified in the ranking.

These are:
     1. Dumangas
     2. Oton
     3. Lambunao
     4. Calinog
     5. Pototan
     6. Janiuay
     7. Miagao

Antique Municipalities State of Local Development 2012

                    The map below shows the state of local development of the province of Antique at the municipal level in the year 2012.

Antique Municipalities State of Local Development 2012

Source Website: http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/

Iloilo Cities and Municipalities State of Local Development 2012

                    The map below shows the local development index of the cities and municipalities of the province of Iloilo.

Iloilo Cities and Municipalities State of Local Development 2012

Source Website: http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/

Philippine Local Government Map

                    This map shows the Philippines up to the municipal or city level. Municipalities are one of the lowest levels of political organization in the Philippines second only to Barangays. A city is simply a municipality that has upgraded its status and achieved cityhood because it was able to satisfy the two criteria set by the constitution in turning municipalities to cities. The first criteria is that a municipality must have an annual generating income of at least 100,000,000.00 pesos for the last two consecutive years (year 2000 prices). The second criteria is that that same municipality must have at least 100 square kilometers of land area OR a population of at least 150,000 persons. A city or municipality is headed by an elected mayor and a vice mayor.

                    The divisions in the map represent municipal/city divisions. Neighboring or clusters of  municipalities/cities having the same color indicate that they belong to the same province. A city/municipality having a darker shade of the same color in each cluster indicate that it is the capital city/municipality of that province.