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Kalibo, the capital town of the province of
Aklan, is the gateway to Boracay Island –
Paradise Island of the Philippines. Aklan,
dubbed as “Land of the Atis,” is the oldest
province in the Philippines. It was organized
in 1213 by settlers from Borneo, as the Minuro
it Akean to include what is now Capiz.
Aklan became an independent province when
President Magsaysay signed into law on April
25, 1956, Republic Act 1414 separating Aklan
from Capiz. Aklan was inaugurated as an
independent province on November 8, 1956.
Boracay Island is a paradise indeed. The beach
is amazing with its white sand; it is wide and
stretched on for kilometres.
The small island, only seven kilometres long
and one kilometre wide at its narrowest point,
is located just off the northern tip of its
mother Visayan island of Panay.
Philippine history began in the 13th century,
when ten datus from Borneo, with hundred of
his kinsmen landed in what is now known as
Panay island.
Panay is one of the economically better
developed islands of the archipelago. This was
mainly brought about by the political events
at the middle of the 19th century when the
British forced Spain to open the Philippines
to the world market.
Boracay is made up of three little
communities: Yapak in the north, Balabag in
the middle, and Manoc-Manoc in the south.
Hilly elevations up to 100 meters above sea
level characterize Yapak and Manoc-Manoc. |
