Iloilo City, officially the
City of Iloilo (; ; ; ), is a highly urbanized city on
Panay island in the
Philippines. It is the capital city of the province of
Iloilo and is also the regional center of the
Western Visayas region as well as the center of the
Iloilo-Guimaras Metropolitan Area. In the 2010 census, Iloilo City had a population of 424,619 with a 1.8% population annual growth rate. For the metropolitan area, the total population is 878,621.