Iloilo Province

Geoography

• Land Area - 4,719.4 sq km (2004)

Demography and Political Subdivisions

• Total Population - 1,925,002 (As of May 1, 2000 census)
• Number of Families: 363,981 (2000 Census)
• Population Density: 393 people per sq. km.(2000 Census)
• Population Growth Rates - 2.10 (1995-2000)
• Income Class - First
• Income Class - First
• No. of Cities - 2 (As of September 2003)
• No. of Municipalities - 42 (As of September 2003)

Finance and Commerce

• Banks - 150 (2003)
• Consumer Price Index (2000=100) (2005) - 124.4
• Inflation Rate - 8.7 (2005)
• Average Family Income (2000) - 110,114
• Average Family Expenditure (2000) - 91,900
• Purchasing Power - .80 (2005)
• Telephone Loads (2003) -
  
• 2003 - 50,254
• 2004 - 55,599
• Telephone Density (per 100 population)
  
• 2003 - 2.5
  
• 2004 - 2.71
• No. of AM Broadcast Stations (2003) - 7
• No. of FM Broadcast Stations (2003) - 12
• No. of Motor Vehicles Registered (2003) - 74,316
• Total Bank Deposits (2003)- 28,449,000,000
• Pawnshops (2003)- 245
• Registered Vehicles - 68,010 (2005)
• Call Centers - 4 (2005)
• Medical Transcription Firm - 1
  

Tourist Statistics

• Accommodation Facilities - 49 hotels, inns, and pension houses (2002)
• Total Rooms - 1,433 (2002)
• Golf Courses - 1
  
• Total Visitor Arrivals (inc. Iloilo Province)
• 2005 partial - 380,289
• 2004 partial - 336,854
• 2003 - 214,690
• 2002 - 207,780
• 2001 - 159,885
• 2000 - 169,352
• Foreign Visitor Arrivals (inc. Iloilo Province)
• 2004 - 15,176
• 2003 - 10,296
• 2002 - 10,646
• 2001 - 12,472
• 2000 - 11,112
• Domestic Visitor Arrivals (inc. Iloilo Province)
• 2004 - 292,948
• 2003 - 186,194
• 2002 - 190,922
• 2001 - 146,474
• 2000 - 157,368
• Filipino Overseas Visitor Arrivals (inc. Iloilo Province)
• 2003 - 28,730
• 2003 - 18,200
• 2002 - 6,212
• Occuancy Rate
• 2004
• 1st Class - 48358%
  
• 2nd Class - 57.45%
  
• Economy - 39.22%
  
• Pension/Inn - 37.88%
  
• Resort - 17.04%
  
• 2003 - 34.38
• 2002 - 33.7
• 2001 - 29.60
• 2000 - 27.89
• Tourist receipts
• 2005 partial - P6.9B

Infrastructure

• Iloilo Port Profile:
  
• Total Port Area Old Foreign Pier -17,000 sq.m.
• River Wharf -68,000 sq.m.
• Iloilo Commercial Port Complex -208,000 sq.m.
• Back-up area/commercial -97,000 sq.m.
• Operational Area - 111,000 sq.m.
• Shipcalls - 11,853 (third highest)
• Cargo - 491,719 million metric tons (fourth highest)
• Passenger traffic - 2.4 million annually (fourth highest)
• Iloilo Regional Airport Profile (for complete profile click here):
  
• Runway - 2,100 m. x 45 m
• Total Land Area Owned - 552,635 sq.m
• Passengers Handled
  
• 2004
• Incoming - 367,895
  
• Outgoing - 370,252
• Total - 738,147
  
• 2001701,873 (Incoming and Outgoing)
• Cargoes Handled (Incoming) - 5,670,565.70 (2001)
• Cargoes Handled (Outgoing) - 3,783,870.50 (2001)
• Accounted for 5.0% of domestic passenger traffic and 3.3% of cargo traffic (1997)
• New Iloilo International Airport (expected completion - October 2006)
• Runway - 2,500m. x 45
• Communication
• Available communication services in Iloilo are: telephone services including domestic and international direct dial, facsimile; mobile communications, internet, telegraph and telex stations, post offices and other messengerial and courier services.
• There are already three (3) telephone service providers in Iloilo providing landline connections to almost all of the municipalities. These are: PLDT, INNOVE and BayanTel. These companies are capable of providing fiber optic, copper and microwave T1 and E1 lines.
• Cellular telephone facilities are also provided by three (3) cellular companies namely SMART Communications, Globe and Sun Cellular

Agriculture

• Palay Production (2003) - 729,368 metric tons
• Corn Production (2003) - 69,867 metric tons
• Fish Production (2003) - 140,071 metric tons
• Chicken Inventory (2003) - 4,696,953
• Duck Inventory (2003) - 419,604
• Hog Inventory (2003) - 469,940
• Mango Production (2003) - 27,310 metric tons
• Coconut Production (2003) - 72,526 metric tons
• Banana Prodution (2003) - 132,393 metric tons