Iloilo is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is Iloilo City and is located at the southeast portion of Panay Island, bordering Antique to the west and Capiz to the north. Just off Iloilo's southeast coast is the island-province of Guimaras and across Panay Gulf and Guimaras Strait is Negros Occidental.
Spanish architectures can be seen in old churches in Iloilo. Merchants from China and India have long traded with the Ilonggos, as people from Iloilo are being called, even before the Spaniards came.