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| | Janiuay launches 'Lanot' Festival |
 | | Janiuay, Iloilo -- Nestled in the province of Iloilo, 29 kilometers away from the city, Janiuay has a colorful history that stretches back to a rich pre-colonial culture and the arrival of the first settlers around 427 years ago. |
 | | For Janiuay, it was said that the first inhabitants were composed of two barangays led by Datu Pagdakton who, with close relatives and followers, escaped the marauding hordes of moros and white men and settled in 'Quipot'---now popularly nown as the entry-point barangay reaching one of the municipality's natural wonder, the hidden crystal-clear Igbiating waterfall. |
 | | Situated in the central part of Iloilo and inhabited by 54,166 (2000 Census on Population) Janiuaynons, the area is bounded in the south by Cabatuan, Maasin in the southwest, in the east by Mina, Lambunao in the north and the Province of Antique in the west. |
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