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Iligan

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Iligan (ēlē`gän), city (1990 pop. 226,568), capital of Lanao del Norte prov., W central Mindanao, the Philippines, a port on Iligan Bay. It is the center of a rapidly growing heavy-industry complex, powered by hydroelectricity from the Maria Cristina Falls plant on the Agus River. The nation's first steel mill was established there in 1964. The city also has steel, chemical, and fertilizer plants.
Iligan
a city in the Philippines, a port on the N coast of Mindanao. Pop.: 306 000 (2005 est.)


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Meanwhile, Daniel Mostrales of Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology will talk about reinforced masonry for medium-rise buildings, while Alberto Jugo, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Philippines will speak on how high-end technology can work for the poor.
World Food Programme staff members from their offices in Iligan and Cotabato City, where bomb blasts occurred on Tuesday and Sunday respectively, have been conducting regular assessments of areas affected by the conflict in the south, to help develop a sustained and targeted response to the upsurge in violence in Mindanao, WFP said on its website.
The military and police have declared a heightened state of alert in the entire south after the deadly bombings in the city of Cotabato on Sunday and on the island of Jolo and the city of Iligan on Tuesday.
 
 
 
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