Also known as: Iloilo, Dakbanwa sang Iloilo
Iloilo City is a highly urbanized city in Iloilo, Region VI (Western Visayas). Population 458K (PSA 2020 census), 180 barangays, land area 70.3 km².
Iloilo City is the Philippines' most consistent performer on smart-city metrics — the Iloilo River esplanade (a celebrated waterfront rehabilitation), the bike lane network, and the city's e-services platform are frequently cited as PH urbanism benchmarks. The CLUP must extend these wins to the southern barangays (Molo, Arevalo) where coastal flooding + storm surge from Iloilo Strait create hazards, and to the northern districts (Jaro, La Paz, Mandurriao) where BPO-driven gentrification is reshaping the heritage districts. Mandurriao in particular hosts SM City, Iloilo Convention Center, and the bulk of new BPO towers — the densification pace there exceeds the CLUP's original projections. The Iloilo-Capiz-Aklan railway and the Iloilo airport expansion will reshape the western corridor.
Key industries: BPO (top-5 PH outside NCR), Higher education (UP Visayas, CPU, Iloilo Doctors), Tourism + heritage, Manufacturing, Agribusiness logistics
More on the regulatory framework: RA 12254 explainer · SGLG explainer · full glossary.
Iloilo's smart-city maturity makes it the best PH validation pilot for Nova Gov's full feature stack. Cohort-level reporting across 180 barangays + the existing e-services baseline mean integration friction is minimal compared to LGUs starting from paper-based workflows.
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