Pototan
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Pototan, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 78,919 people.
Pototan Town Hall
St. Joseph's Church
Pototan Town Hall
Iloilo Provincial Hospital
Teresa Magbanua
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Teresa Magbanua y Ferraris, better known as Teresa Magbanua and dubbed as the "Visayan Joan of Arc", was a Filipino schoolteacher and military leader. Born in Pototan, Iloilo, Philippines, she retired
Pototan
…During the incumbency of Capitan Municipal Braulio Peñaranda in 1891, there was a cholera outbreak. During the Philippine Revolution, Pototanons such as Teresa Magbanua (known as the Joan of arc of the Visayas) and her two brothers, Elias and Pascual Magbanua took up arms and joined the revolution. The Americans arrived…
Magbanua's memorial marker at the Himlayang Pilipino Memorial Park (Quezon City).