Pototan
Sign in to savePototan (, , ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
Key facts
- Settlement.image_skyline
- pototan hall wide.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Pototan Town Hall
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Pototan,_Iloilo.png
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x80px
- 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.other_name
- Putatan
- Settlement.nicknames
- Rice Granary and Christmas Capital of Western Visayas
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1593
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Philippines
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Iloilo
- Population
- 78919
- Area
- 97.10
- Elevation
- 25
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Shares border with
- Dumangas
- Official website
- www.pototan.gov.ph
- Households
- 18761
- Dialing code
- 33
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- Köppen climate classification
- tropical climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- postal code
- 5008
- inception
- 1874-00-00
- poverty incidence
- 14.99
- electorate
- 46521
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 330503252.91
- total assets
- 856490561.81
- total expenditure
- 261116874.84
- total liabilities
- 193447775.89
- Commons category
- Pototan
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (14)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
26 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Spanish era
- American era
- World War II
- Geography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Demographics
- Languages
- Economy
- Education
- Private Schools
- Tertiary
- Secondary
- Primary
- Government
- List of chief executives
- Gobernadorcillos
- Capitán municipal
- Presidentes & vice presidentes municipal
- Municipal Mayors
- Municipal officials
- Notable personalities
- References
- External links
Pototan (, , ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
In December 1997, it was declared as the "Christmas Capital of Western Visayas" because of its famed Christmas Festival of Lights.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pototan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.