Calinog
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 Map of Iloilo showing the location of Calinog |
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| Coordinates: 11°08′N 122°30′E / 11.13°N 122.5°ECoordinates: 11°08′N 122°30′E / 11.13°N 122.5°E | ||
| Country |
 Philippines
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| Region | Western Visayas (Region VI) | |
| Province | Iloilo | |
| Legislative district | 3rd district of Iloilo | |
| Founded | 1763 | |
| Barangays | 59 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Alex A. Centena | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 274.55 km2 (106.00 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 60,413 | |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Calinognons | |
| Time zone | PHT (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 5040 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)33 | |
| Income class | 1st Class | |
| Website | www |
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Calinog is a second class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 60,413 people.
Calinog is 58 kilometres (36 mi) from Iloilo City.
The town got its name from the Hiligaynon word “Kalinong” which means calm and pacific.
Calinog, which according to legend Datu Marikudo chose to settle, is strategically located in the central part of the Island of Panay. Calinog was already a developing community when the Spaniards came between the 16th and the 17th Century. In the early 18th Century, Calinog was established as a permanent settlement following the system of town planning as prescribed by the Law of the Indies: a town plaza surrounded by the church, Municipal Tribunal, school and public market. This remains as the main town-planning feature of the poblacion until the present. The Spanish Colonial Government then declared Calinog as “Pueblo” or town in 1763.
A new colonial power, the Americans introduced important changes in the civil affairs of the municipality in the early 1900s. The most significant was annexing Calinog as part of the Municipality of Passi (now a component city of Iloilo) from 1904 to 1920. Through intense lobbying by prominent leaders, Calinog was restored to its original status as a separate Municipality in January 1921.
It was in the late 1960s when Calinog stepped on the springboard of development as a progressive Municipality bustling with business and economic opportunities. In 1969, with the sugar industry boom, the political leadership decided to split a portion of the town into a separate municipality, the Municipality of Bingawan.
Among the founders of the old communities in the uplands were the descendants of the families who fought the abusive Spanish colonizers in the settlements of Bugasong and Lawaan, Province of Antique, in the 16th Century (their colorful folklore and the oral tradition of their historical journeys became a part of the timeless epic, “Hinilawod”). Mt. Dila Dila in Barangay Alibunan is best remembered as a strong hold of Filipino guerillas and soldiers during World War II under the command of a Calinognon Major Julian C. Chaves where the fiercest battles in the annals of war in the Island of Panay were fought against the Japanese Imperial Army.
The town of Calinog nestles in the central part of Panay Island. It is the last municipality in the central part of Iloilo Province which adjourns the province of Capiz. It is located at geographical coordinates 11°15′ latitude and 122°30′ longitudes. It has a total land area of 27,446 hectares representing about 5% of the total land area (532,297) of the entire Province.
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