Boracay History

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.