Guimaras Province of the Western Visayas region.

Guimaras Island is the youngest and smallest of the six component provinces of the Western Visayas Region .The province is composed of five municipalities, namely: Jordan, the provincial capital; Buenavista; Nueva Valencia; and the newly created Sibunag and San Lorenzo. Guimaras occupies about 3% of the region’s total land area. It has 8000 hectares of mango where some 50,000 of these trees are planted. It has also been proclaimed as the “island to watch” due to unspoiled natural beauty as for its potential. Guimaras’ largest event of the year is the Mango Festival. The variety of mangoes produced are also best for making dried mangoes. The people of Guimaras is considered as Ilonggo and their language is Hiligaynon as it was once a sub-provice of Iloilo. Hiligaynon is the major language spoken although the people can understand and speak Tagalog and English.

Fastest route.

The fastest route to the province is by means of a pump boat which is about 10-15 minutes ride from Iloilo City.