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The City of Passi is a 3rd class city in the province of Iloilo in the Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 69,601 people in 12,893 households.

Passi is a rice and sugar-rich area and the only component city and the largest in the Province of Iloilo in terms of land area, population and income.

According to popular legend, Spanish conquistadors stumbled on a small hut by the river’s bank where an old woman was fond winnowing pounded rice. One of them asked her, “¿Cómo se llama este lugar?” not knowing the native language of course. Much to the old woman’s surprise and perhaps excitement, she replied without much ado, “Ah, pasi,” which means some of the unhusked rice on her basket held in both hands. She must have thought that they were eager to know what was in the basket and what she was doing, because she could not understand their language. From that time on, the Spanish begun to call the place Pasi at first until it later evolved into Passi. Such legends about name origins are common throughout towns and cities in the Philippines, the core plot being a Spaniard asking the non-Spanish speaking natives what the name of the place is and the latter responding in what would end up eventually as the name of the place.

Passi City is politically subdivided into 51 barangays.

Agdahon Agdayao Aglalana Agtabo Agtambo Alimono Arac Ayuyan Bacuranan Bagacay Batu Bayan Bitaogan Buenavista Buyo Cabunga Cadilang

Cairohan Dalicanan Gemat-y Gemumua-agahon Gegachac Gines Viejo Imbang Grande Jaguimitan Libo-o Maasin Magdungao Malag-it Grande Malag-it Pequeño Mambiranan Grande Mambiranan Pequeño Man-it Mantulang

Mulapula Nueva Union Pangi Pagaypay Poblacion Ilawod Poblacion Ilaya Punong Quinagaringan Grande Quinagaringan Pequeño Sablogon Salngan Santo Tomas Sarapan Tagubong Talongonan Tubod Tuburan

List of City Officials (2004-2007)

Elyzer Chavez - City Mayor, Jovi Palmares - City Vice Mayor

City Councilors 1. Ma. Gina Senina Palmares 2. Aura Landar-Layese 3. Bonifacio Barbero 4. Basilio Ligasan 5. Noe Lico 6. Nenita Sumagpao Fajanil 7. Juan Masna 8. Deoel Padilla 9. Arvin Pendon 10.Arvin Dorillo

Alberto Tiongson - Liga nga mga Barangay President, Venus Rama Prado - Sangguniang Kabataan Federated President

• DYRB 89.9 Radyo Natin

• List of Radio & Television Station in Iloilo

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information