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Panay

One of the Philippine islands, lying between Mindoro and Negros; area 11,515 sq km/4,446 sq mi. The capital is Iloilo. Industries include rice, sugar, pineapples, bananas, copra, and copper. The island is mountainous, reaching 2,215 m/7,265 ft in Madiaás. It was seized by Spain in 1569, and occupied by Japan 1942–45.



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They are charmingly perched at the hills above the beach of Bolabog facing Panay Island.
Hundreds of the residents of Panay Island drowned, and thousands were left without clean water or food.
Geography of the Alluring Island Located 315 kilometers of Manila, capital of Philippines, and two kilometers north of Panay Island, Boracay is very accessible to the different forms of transportation.
 
 
 
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