Kalibo
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Kalibo, officially the Municipality of Kalibo (Aklanon: Banwa it Kalibo; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Kalibo; ), is a municipality and capital of the Province of Aklan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 93,218 people. It is the most populous town in the province.
Key facts
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- 120x80px
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- KaliboAklanSeal.jpg
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- 100x80px
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- yes
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- Philippines
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- left
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- Location within the
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- Philippines
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- Province
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- Calivo
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- Ati-Atihan Town
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- Gateway to the Paradise Island of Boracay
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- Kalibo Hymn
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- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Philippines
- Official name
- Municipality of Kalibo
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Aklan
- Population
- 93218
- Area
- 50.75
- Elevation
- 7
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Capital of
- Aklan
- Shares border with
- Numancia
- Official website
- www.kaliboaklan.gov.ph
- Image
- Kalibo, Philippines, March, 2016.jpg
- Households
- 20993
- Dialing code
- 36
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- Commons category
- Kalibo
- postal code
- 5600
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- poverty incidence
- 9.79
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 554997224.68
- electorate
- 53191
- inception
- 1571-11-03
- total assets
- 1296508830.03
- total expenditure
- 503073464.76
- total liabilities
- 401935590.52
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Encyclopedic overview
30 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Precolonial and Spanish Colonial Period
- Commonwealth, World War II and Post-war Period
- Martial Law Period (1965-1986)
- Contemporary Period (1986-present)
- Geography
- Topography
- Climate
- Barangays
- Demographics
- Language
- Economy
- Culture
- Ati-Atihan Festival
- Attractions
- Historical Markers
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Air
- Sea
- Land
- Public transport
- Education
- Primary and elementary schools
- Secondary schools
- Higher educational institutions
- Sister cities
- References
- External links
Kalibo, officially the Municipality of Kalibo (Aklanon: Banwa it Kalibo; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Kalibo; ), is a municipality and capital of the Province of Aklan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 93,218 people. It is the most populous town in the province.
The municipality is known for the Ati-Atihan Festival, the semi-urban and multi-awarded mangrove forest Bakhawan Eco-Park, and the piña-weaving, which was inscribed to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2023.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kalibo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.