Jaro (Iloilo)

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Jaro is one of the seven districts of Iloilo City, in the province of Iloilo, on the island of Panay, in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. It was a former separate city before it merged with Iloilo City, when it was incorporated during the American administration in the Philippines. Jaro is the largest of all districts of Iloilo City. The district of La Paz was a former part of Jaro before it became separated. Likewise the present Iloilo towns of Leganes, Pavia and Sta. Barbara adjoined as parts of Jaro before they became separate municipalities during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. Jaro lends its name to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro, the metropolitan see which covers the provinces of Antique, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaro,_Iloilo_City
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Coordinates:  10°44'47"N 122°34'2"E

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  • Original name of Jaro was "Salog" meaning "floor". Their fiesta is called Candelaria de Jaro.
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