Iloilo (English spelling)

Japanese: イロイロ(英語表記)Iloilo
Iloilo (English spelling)
Iloilo is a port city in the southeast of Panay Island, in the western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of Iloilo Province. It is located at the mouth of the Jaro River, which flows into the Iloilo Strait. It has a good harbor protected by the offshore Guimaras Island, and has long been the commercial center of the Western Visayas. It became a trading port in 1855, and prospered as a sugar export port until the construction of an artificial port on Negros Island. With the province's agricultural and fishing areas and the province of Capiz, which is connected by rail, as its hinterland, it is a bustling city with shipments of rice, agricultural products, and marine products. In addition, many migrant workers gather here every year to work on the sugar plantations of Negros Island. The city was rebuilt after a major fire in 1999, but Spanish influence remains. It is also the center of Hiligaynon culture, and is home to the Central Philippine University (1905) and the University of San Agustin (04). It is a producer of silk woven with skeins and pineapple fiber woven with pina fabric. Population: 311,000 (1990 estimate).

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Japanese:
フィリピン,ビサヤ諸島西部,パナイ島南東部の港湾都市。イロイロ州の州都。イロイロ海峡に注ぐハロ川の河口にある。沖合いのギマラス島に守られた良港をもち,古くから西ビサヤ地域の商業中心地であった。 1855年に貿易港となり,ネグロス島に人工港が建設されるまでは,砂糖の輸出港として繁栄した。州の農漁業地帯や,鉄道で結ばれるカピス州を後背地として,米をはじめ農産物,海産物の船積みでにぎわう。また,毎年ネグロス島のサトウキビ農園へ渡る多数の出稼ぎ労働者が集る。市街地は 99年の大火後再建されたが,スペインの影響をとどめている。ヒリガイノン語の文化の中心地でもあって,セントラル・フィリピン大学 (1905) ,サン・アウグスティン大学 (04) などがある。絹のフシ織,パイナップル繊維のピニャ織を産する。人口 31万 1000 (1990推計) 。

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