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La Paz, Iloilo City

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Country
  
City
  
Time zone
  
PST (UTC+8)

Area code
  
33

Province
  
Iloilo

Incorporated (as a district of Iloilo City)
  
July 16, 1937

Area
  
14 km²

La Paz, Iloilo City

Region
  

La Paz is one of the seven districts of Iloilo City, in the Philippine, on the island of Panay, in Western Visayas. It was formerly known as Ilawod or "sea/wet land" together with Jaro which was referred to as Ilaya or "mountain/dry land".

Map of La Paz, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines

Before it became a district of Iloilo City, La Paz was at different times a separate town and a part of Jaro City, now the district of Jaro.

Its name, which translates from Spanish as "peace", is derived from its patron saint, Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje in Spanish; in English Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage.

La Paz Batchoy is dish named after the district.

References

La Paz, Iloilo City Wikipedia


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