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Iloilo
Province in Western Visayas, Philippines

Iloilo

Iloilo, officially the Province of Iloilo, is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region.

Plan a trip to Iloilo→From Bacolod City

Its capital and largest city is Iloilo City, the regional center of Western Visayas and politically independent from the province. Iloilo occupies the southeast portion of the Visayan island of Panay and is bordered by the province of Antique to the west, Capiz to the north, the Jintotolo Channel to the northeast, the Guimaras Strait to the east, and the Iloilo Strait and Panay Gulf to the southwest. Iloilo City is the center of the Iloilo–Guimaras metropolitan area or Metro Iloilo–Guimaras, and is geographically located in the province and grouped under it by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but remains politically independent from the provincial government. According to the 2024 census, the population of the province is 2,082,616. If Iloilo City is included, the population is 2,556,344 in total.

How locals move

Getting around Iloilo the local way

  • Get inBacolod-based Ceres has buses running from other major points in Panay, as well as Manila and Bacolod (which take the ferry).
  • Get inALPS and Philtranco also have buses from Manila that take ferries for parts of the trip.
  • Get aroundBetween cities and most towns, journeys are mostly on buses, UV Express vans or jeepneys.
  • Get aroundBacolod-based Vallacar Transit runs the bright yellow Ceres buses and minibuses which serve most of the province from terminals in Iloilo City and has a near-monopoly on bus services within the province.
  • Get aroundWithin Iloilo City, primary forms of local transport are jeepneys, taxis and trisikad (try-SEE-kuhd, pedicabs or cycle rickshaws).
  • Get aroundThe typical Iloilo City jeepney is different from the archetypical Manila jeepney, being made from second-hand Japanese vehicle parts.
  • Go nextPlenty of day trips if you have a day to spare.

From Wikivoyage: Iloilo (province), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-03.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.