Liloan

Liloan, officially theMunicipality of Liloan(Cebuano:Lungsod sa Liloan;Tagalog:Bayan ng Liloan),  is amunicipalityin theprovinceofCebu,Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 153,197 people.Making it the most populated municipality in Cebu and the whole Visayas.
Along its coastline, there is a spot calledSilot, where a whirlpool is created by the ebbs and flows of the waters from the bay. This phenomenon is calledliloin Cebuano. Because of this, the town was known as Liloan, meaning "a place where there is a lilo".
Sometime in the 1970s, a newspaper article stated that the "pueblo de Lilo‑an" was separated from the municipality ofMandaue(now Mandaue City), and was created a new municipality in 1840. However, in his "Breve reseña de lo que fue y de lo que es la Diócesis de Cebú en las Islas Filipinas,"Redondo (1886)states that Lilo‑ a was created as a parish in 1845 (in 1995, Lilo‑ a celebrated its sesquicentennial - 150th – anniversary.)
The creation of the municipality of Lilo‑an could have been at the same time the parish was established, but not earlier than its being a parish. As recorded, the first priest of Lilo‑ served in 1845. The term of the first mayor was from 1845 to 1846.
During the war years (World War II), Lilo‑an had three mayors at one time.
Liloan is bordered on the north by the town ofCompostela, to the west byCebu City, on the east by theCamotes Sea, and on the south by the town ofConsolacion. It is 18 kilometres (11 mi) fromCebu City. Liloan lies withinMetro Cebu.
Liloan is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Each barangay consists ofpuroksand some havesitios.
Poverty incidence of Liloan
One of the best known landmarks in Lilo‑an is its historiclighthouse at Bagacay Point. The original lighthouse was built in 1857 by the Spanish. The current tower was constructed in 1904 by order ofWilliam Howard Taft,the firstGovernor-General of the Philippinesand later thePresident of the United States. The tower is 22 metres (72 ft) tall and remains in active use today, using solar energy.The lighthouse was declared a National Historical Landmark in 2004 by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (formerly known as National Historical Institute).
The designer of the church in Liloan is viewed by some as visionary. Despite Liloan having only 5,000 citizens, when the church was constructed in 1847, this local church was even larger than that of Mandaue, Cebu's second largest city.
Pier 88
Pier 88 is a noteworthy maritime terminal situated in the coastal town of Liloan, in the province of Cebu, Philippines. As a gateway connecting the islands of the Central Visayas region: Camotes, LapuLapu city, Cebu City, it plays a vital role in facilitating transport, commerce, and tourism. The Pier was officially inaugurated and opened to the public on May 27, 2023, byBongbong Marcos.3d scan of the site was made by private company Data Ops Philippines on May 28, 2023.
The making of these little ringlet cookies dates back to 1907, when 21-year-old Margarita Corazon "Titay"  Frasco  (single, unmarried) was tinkering in her kitchen with her baking ingredients and made her new culinary creation. Kneading the dough manually and using a wooden eggbeater, some baking tins and a clay oven, she started a product that would put her little town in the national and international map of gastronomic delight. Corazon “Mama Azon” Frasco took over in 1999, succeeded by Gerardo and Panfil Frasco, the third generation.
The market for her unnamed cookie started with her neighbors and passers-by who were offered the snack with a bottle of soda. It wasSergio Osmeña(then Cebu governor, who later became Philippine president), who gave it the name "Rosquillo" after the Spanish wordrosca.
The “premium heritage brand” biscuits have been a regular stopover of tourists and locals travelling north of Cebu. The company has withstood the taste of time. It started with justrosquillosandtableamaking.It later expanded to an array of homemade delicacies includingtorta,mamon,monay,otap, CPA (chicken porkadobo),bao-bao,galletas(Bato),galletas(Carmen) andhojaldres.
In 2012, its two-hectare plant in Liloan produces about 3,000 packs of 180 grams Rosquillos daily by 118 workers.
In 2013, the flagship store which produces 360,000 rosquillos a day was transformed into acaféfor 45 customers serving penato (peanuts), banana chips andbinangkal, among others.
On April 1, 2024,Christina Frascowith members of her family and Margarita “Margo” Domingo Frasco,Chief operating officerled thegroundbreakingof its Poblacion, Liloan 1.3-hectarenew factory which will employ to 250 workers. We "assure Titay's future without sacrificing livelihood,” saidVincent Franco D. Frasco, Titay's Finance Director.
Celebrated every last week of May in honor of the town's patron saint,St. Ferdinand III. It celebrates the Rosquillos as the delicacy of Liloan and of Cebu. The 12th Rosquillos festival was held in May 26, 2019. The 13th returned from May 20–30, 2023, coinciding with the 176th annual foundation fiesta celebration.