Liloan

Liloan, officially the Municipality of Liloan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 158,387 people, making it the most populated municipality in Cebu and the whole Visayas.

Key facts

Settlement.image_seal: Seal of Liloan, Cebu.png
Settlement.seal_size: 100x80px
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map: Philippines
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within the
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Philippines
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.etymology: Cebuano term lilo, meaning whirlpool
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.parts_type: Barangays
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: (see Barangays)
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Aljew Fernando J. Frasco

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of the Philippines
Official name: Municipality of Liloan
Country: Philippines
Located in: Cebu
Population: 158387
Area: 45.92
Elevation: 20
Shares border with: Consolacion
Official website: www.liloan.gov.ph
Image: Liloan, Cebu 20170324 06.jpg
Households: 37390
Dialing code: 32
Motto: Abante Lilo-an!

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nickname: The Light of the North
inception: 1845-00-00
office held by head of government: mayor
Commons category: Liloan, Cebu
postal code: 6002
Köppen climate classification: tropical monsoon climate
language used: Tagalog
poverty incidence: 18.81
fiscal/tax revenue: 641442133.05
electorate: 87305
total assets: 1320310367.95
total expenditure: 560625254.87
total liabilities: 576062993.98
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

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Encyclopedic overview

20 sections

Contents

History
Geography
Barangays
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Landmarks
Lighthouse
Liloan Church (San Fernando Rey Parish Church)
Titay's Rosquillos and Delicacies
Tourism
Rosquillos Festival
List of heads of local government
Gallery
Notable people
See also
Notes
References
Sources
External links

==History== Along its coastline, there is a spot called Silot, where a whirlpool is created by the ebbs and flows of the waters from the bay. This phenomenon is called lilo in Cebuano. Because of this, the town was known as Liloan, meaning "a place where there is a lilo".

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