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 | | And on April 25, 1956, Aklan became the 50th province of the Philippines. |
 | | However, Teodoro Gomez, better known locally as Oyo Torong, a hostorian of Aklan, claims in his historical account of Kalibo, that the town of Madianos was founded by Ferdinand Magellan, when he came to Aklan in the year 1521, before he was killed in Mactan. |
 | | One thousand is written in the Aklan dialect as "isa ka libo", "sanglibo", and in order to commemorate and perpetuate this historical fact, the name Calibo, a contraction of dervative of these three words in the Aklan dialect, was given to the town instead of Madianos. |
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