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Geography[edit] Jaro is the largest district in Iloilo City, spanning 27.48 square kilometres (10.61 sq mi) of total land area. It is about 3.86 kilometres (2.40 mi) from Iloilo City Proper. Jaro borders the districts of Mandurriao to the southwest and La Paz to the southeast.
Jaro Cathedral | Photo Credit. Jaro is the largest among the seven districts in Iloilo City. The district is considered a symbol of prominence since several wealthy Spanish-Filipino families hail from this district. Thus explains all the mansions and ancestral houses found in this part of the city.
Jaro is a landlocked municipality in the province of Leyte, Eastern Visayas region (Region VIII), Philippines. It has a population of 43,758 (2020 Census figures) distributed over 46 barangays.
Jaro (IPA: ), officially the Municipality of Jaro (Waray: Bungto han Jaro; Tagalog: Bayan ng Jaro), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 43,758 people.
Tucked at the heart of Iloilo City, the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Candles, also known as Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral, serves as the center of faith and devotion for the people of Iloilo.
History. The church and the Jaro Belfry as pictured in the 1920s or 1940s. Marker commemorating the February 1981 visit of Pope John Paul II, as well as the canonical coronation of the Our Lady of the Candles image. Jaro Cathedral was first established as a visita ( chapel-of-ease) of Oton on March 3, 1575.
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