Manlot Explained

Manlot
Map:Philippines
Map Relief:yes
Coordinates:11.4831°N 123.1861°W
Area Km2:6.31
Area Footnotes:[1]
Country:Philippines
Country Admin Divisions Title:Region
Country Admin Divisions:Western Visayas
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Province
Country Admin Divisions 1:Iloilo
Country Admin Divisions Title 2:Municipality
Country Admin Divisions 2:Carles
Country Admin Divisions Title 3:Barangay
Country Admin Divisions 3:Manlot
Population:726
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]

Manlot (historically Labno Islet) is an island-barangay in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is one of fourteen islands politically administered by the municipality of Carles.

Location and geography

Manlot is a small wooded island northeast of the Panay Island coast in the Visayan Sea. It is 400yd southeast of Himamylan Island and directly west of Calagnaan Island. The body of water between Calagnaan and nearby Binuluangan Island is known as the Nilidlaran Pass, which is divided into two narrow channels by Manlot.[3] [4] Although a part of Carles, Manlot is a quick 15 minute pumpboat ride from Estancia.

While the island belongs to the Manlot barangay, which is politically administered by Carles, Manlot island is privately owned by the Matta family.

Natural disasters

Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) passed over Manlot, along with the rest of Panay, on November 8, 2013. The typhoon beached a ship on the island.[5]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Island for Sale. OLX Sulit. 25 June 2014.
  2. Web site: 2010 Census of Population and Housing . Philippine Statistics Authority . 17 June 2014 . 62 . 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121115103341/http://www.census.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/Western%20Visayas.pdf . 15 November 2012 .
  3. Book: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Reuben Jacob Christman. United States Coast Pilot, Philippine Islands, Part 1. 1919. U.S. Government Printing Office. 222. 25 June 2014.
  4. Web site: Sailing Directions (Enroute) Philippine Islands. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 24 June 2014. 93. 2008.
  5. Web site: Typhoon Haiyan leaves a trail of destruction and death across the Philippines. The Economic Times. 25 June 2014.