Silion
Silion is a small island in the municipality of Santa Fe in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 4,680 residents
- Description: Silion island in Bantayan, Cebu
- Also known as: “Hilantaagan Diot”, “Hilantagaan Diot Island”, “Silion Island”, “Sillion”, “Sillon”, and “Sillon Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bantayan.
Bantayan
Photo: Johnmperry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bantayan Island is an island located in the Visayan Sea, Philippines. It is situated to the west of the northern end of Cebu, across the Tañon Strait. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 145,436.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santa Fe and Bantayan.
Santa Fe
Town
Photo: Unbuttered Parsnip, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Fe, officially the Municipality of Santa Fe, is a municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 34,834 people. Santa Fe is situated 6 km southeast of Silion.
Bantayan
Town
Photo: Unbuttered Parsnip, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bantayan, officially the Municipality of Bantayan, is a municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 87,394 people, making it the island's most populous town as well as the largest. Bantayan is situated 7 km southwest of Silion.
Silion
- Categories: island and locality
- Location: Bantayan, Cebu Province, Central Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.2° or 11° 12′ northLongitude
123.77361° or 123° 46′ 25″ eastPopulation
4,680Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
7Q356Q2F+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 2533054829OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
1686467Wikidata ID
Q7515087
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Filipino—“Silion” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hilantagaan Diot Island”
- Cebuano: “Hilantagaan Diot”
- Dutch: “Silion Island”
- Filipino: “Sillon”
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