Panay Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
island in the Philippines
About Panay
Panay is the sixth largest island of the Philippines, with and area of about12,000km(4,600sqmi)and the fourth most populous, having a population of over 5,000,000. It is triangle-shaped, with the tip being at the province of Antique. Panay is first settled by the Ati or Negritos. It is the center of the legendary pre-Hispanic polity of Madja-as, which are believed to have be founded by tendatusfrom sailed fromBorneoand its territory purchased from the Ati. The term "Visayan" was first applied to the people of Panay andRomblon(during that time, the Cebuano are simply known as thepintados, after their tattoos), and from that derives the name Visayas; the term Visayan was soon extended to include Cebuano-speaking peoples, based on a misconception during the colonial era that Visayans speak di
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