JARO, a municipality (with administration centre and 29 barrios or districts), of the province of Iloilo, island of Panay, Philippine Islands, on the Jaro river, 2 m. N.W. of Iloilo, the provincial capital, with which it is connected by railway. Pop. (1918) 24,572. It lies on a plain, in the midst of a rich agricul tural region, has many fine residences and a cathedral, and is an important market. In 1918, it had 15 manufacturing establish
ments with output valued at 150,000 pesos ; 3 sugar mills with output valued at 205,300 pesos; and 724 household industry establishments with output valued at 204,800 pesos. Of the 18 schools, only seven were public. The language spoken is a dialect of Bisayan.