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Jaro is one of the seven districts of Iloilo City, in the province of Iloilo, on the island of Panay, in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. It is a former separate city that lends its name to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro, which covers the provinces of Iloilo and Guimaras and is the metropolitan see of Western Visayas and Negros Occidental province in Negros Island Region, before it merged with Iloilo City when it was incorporated during the American administration in the Philippines. Jaro is the largest of all districts of Iloilo City. The district of La Paz was a former part of Jaro before it became separated. The Jaro annual Catholic Feast of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of the Candles), the patron of the whole Western Visayas and Negros Occidental in Negros Island Region, which is held every February 2 is well known in the Philippines. The town of Jaro is considered as the ''Mestizo Town'' in Iloilo with numbers of prominent Spanish Filipino families came from the area. Jaro is the cradle of Christian faiths with Roman catholic and Protestant institutions established and founded in the area. The Spanish Catholics established institutions like the Jaro Cathedral and the Archdiocese of Jaro, with the coming of the American Protestants in the early 20th century were they established institutions like the Central Philippine University, the first Baptist and second American University in Asia, Iloilo Mission Hospital, the first Protestant hospital in the country and second American hospital in Asia; the Jaro Evangelical Church, the first Baptist Church in the Philippines; Jaro Adventist Center, the first Adventist Church in the country; and the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches, the oldest Baptist churches organization in the Philippines were established. ==History== Its original name was ''Salog'' or ''Saro''.〔http://ilongo.weebly.com/iloilo-history-part-1.html〕 It was also referred to as "Ilaya" or "mountain/dry land" together with La Paz which was referred to as "Ilawod" or "sea/wet land".〔History of Panay, Felix B. Regalado, Quintin B. Franco, Central Philippine University, 1973〕 It had been one of the richer areas of Iloilo City even during the Spanish colonial period (1521-1898) and probably the richest town of the entire colony. Historical artifacts indicate that it had once conducted trade with China and Siam (Thailand) due to its port along the navigable river that ran through the town. It was also the center of religious and economic power in the Visayas during the Spanish rule. Jaro officially became a city in 1886. La Paz, Iloilo City was a part of Jaro until it became independent from Jaro and became a Town and incorporated into the City of Iloilo. It was later absorbed by the City of Iloilo along with the neighboring towns of Molo, Mandurriao, La Paz and Arevalo in the early 20th century when all economic activities were shifted to the port of Iloilo. Located between Dungon Creek and the Jaro River, Jaro fulfills the ideal design for establishing communities during that era: a site between two rivers, with a church and plaza in the center, and homes of affluent families in the vicinity. The church is the famous Parish of Our Lady of Candles, also known as the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral, the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Jaro and the site of a miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary, which is a statue that has been growing in size ever since its discovery. Legends also state that among misty days, the Virgin Mary had disappeared from its original nook near the apex of the cathedral and bathed her child in the stream that used to well-forth from Jaro Plaza or that in Moro incursions, the Virgin had assisted in frightening off the raiders. The Marian image was canonically crowned by Pope John Paul II during his visit in 1982. The coming of the Americans in the early 20th century when the Philippines was ceded by Spain to the United States through the 1898 Treaty of Paris brought with them the Protestant religion and Iloilo is one of the first places where they came and started a mission in the Philippines. During the American occupation, the Philippine islands were divided to different Protestant missions and Western Visayas came to the jurisdiction of the Baptists. Baptist missionaries came although other Protestant sects came also especially the Presbyterians and they established numerous institutions. The Presbyterians established the Iloilo Mission Hospital in 1901, the first Protestant and American founded hospital in the country while the Baptists established the Jaro Evangelical Church, the first Baptist church in the islands, and the Central Philippine University in 1905, which was founded by William Valentine through a grant given by the American industrialist, oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller as the ''first university in the City of Jaro'' and also the first Baptist founded and second American university in Asia. Jaro's celebration of the Feast of ''Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria'' (Our Lady of the Candles) every February 2 is well known in the Philippines. The fiesta features pageantry with a fiesta queen from one of the prominent Spanish Filipino families of the place, and a cockfight at the Iloilo Coliseum, where cockfighting aficionados from all over the Philippines converge. The district is notable for its large amount of nineteenth-century architecture. Straddling the main plaza is the antique Jaro Cathedral and the ''Palasyo'', the Archbishop's residence. Early 20th century colonial American architecture could be found also in American established institutions and structures especially on the main campus of Central Philippine University; the Jaro Evangelical Church , the first Baptist church in the Philippines; and the Jaro City Hall. Majority of the mestizo families from Iloilo came from this town, because it was a center and main port during Spanish period and many Spanish traders married natives and settled on the island. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jaro, Iloilo City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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