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'''Kalibo''', officially the '''Municipality of Kalibo''' ([[Aklanon language|Aklanon]]: ''Banwa it Kalibo''; [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]]: ''Banwa sang Kalibo''; {{langx|tl|Bayan ng Kalibo}}), is a [[municipality of the Philippines|municipality]] and capital of the [[Philippine Province|Province]] of [[Aklan]], [[Philippines]]. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 93,218 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 17, 2024 |title=2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President |url=https://psa.gov.ph/content/2024-census-population-popcen-population-counts-declared-official-president |access-date=November 20, 2025 |website=psa.gov.ph}}</ref> It is the most populous town in the province.

The municipality is known for the [[Ati-Atihan festival]], the semi-urban and multi-awarded mangrove forest [[Bakhawan Eco-Park]], and the piña-weaving, which was inscribed to the [[UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNESCO - Aklan piña handloom weaving |url=https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/aklan-pina-handloom-weaving-01564 |website=ich.unesco.org |access-date=20 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The term ''Kalibo'' comes from the [[Aklanon language|Aklanon]] word ''sangkâ líbo'', ("one thousand"), reputedly the number of native [[Ati people|Ati]] who attended the first Catholic Mass celebrated there. Kalibo was originally spelled as ''Calivo''.

The town of Kalibo was originally called ''Akean'' by the inhabitants, similar to the name of the [[Aklan river|river]] nearby. The word ''akean'' itself connotes the warbling of running waters, from the root word ''akae'', meaning "to boil". ''Akae-akae'' means "to bubble" or "to boil" or "to make the sound of bubbling or boiling" in the [[Aklanon language]].

The [[Spanish Philippines|Spaniards]] interchanged the names Aklan and Calivo to refer to the town. Aside from these two, other names such as Calibo, Daclan, Adan, and Calibog have been used.

==History==
===Precolonial and Spanish Colonial Period===
[[File:Rizal Monument in Kalibo, Aklan.jpg|thumb|left|Monument of [[Jose Rizal]]]]
When [[Miguel López de Legazpi]] arrived in 1569, he discovered that the town already had around 2,000 inhabitants, so he recruited 500 of them to help conquer the rest of the Philippines. On November 3, 1571, it became an ''[[encomienda]]'' and on April 22, 1581, the town became a [[parish]] under the [[Augustinians]]. During the Spanish era, Kalibo was part of [[Capiz]].

On March 17, 1897, Filipino revolutionaries march to Kalibo but lost the battle against the Spaniards. Some of them escaped to the jungle.

On March 23, 1897, the [[Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan]] were executed by the Spanish colonial government for their role in the [[Philippine Revolution]].

===Commonwealth, World War II and Post-war Period===
[[File:Aklan Provincial Capitol.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Aklan Provincial Capitol]]
Aklan continued to be part of Capiz during the early 20th century. When the Americans came, they annexed financially-struggling towns with bigger towns  in the whole country, reducing the number of municipalities in Capiz from 34 to 24. In 1903, today's towns of Lezo, Numancia, and Banga were annexed to Kalibo. Lezo and Numancia (which were a single municipality then) de-merged in 1909 and Banga followed suit in 1912.<ref>{{cite web |title=History - Municipality of Lezo |url=https://lezo.gov.ph/history/ |website=Municipality of Lezo, Aklan - Official Website |access-date=21 April 2024 |date=23 December 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Kalibo Town Hall.jpg|thumb|Kalibo Town Hall]]
[[File:Plaza in Kalibo, Aklan.jpg|thumb|Kalibo Plaza (Pastrana Park)]]

In 1929, the Capiz Provincial Hospital was built in Kalibo. Equipped with 30 beds, it was one of the few provincial capitals located outside provincial capitals. It opened in 1930. However, the war forced it to close, only reopening in 1945. In 1981, the hospital would later be renamed Dr. Rafael S. Tumbukon Memorial Hospital (DRSTMH), in honor of Dr. Rafael Tumbokon, a former representative of the [[Capiz's 3rd congressional district|3rd district of Capiz]] (1932 to 1938) and Undersecretary of Health in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web |title=DRSTMH History |url=http://drstmh.epizy.com/about.php?i=1 |website=Dr Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref>

The town also suffered from [[World War II]]. Kalibo itself was occupied by the Japanese from May to August 1942, and then the invaders moved on to Capiz. They returned to town 15 months later, following the October 1943 ''juez de cuchillo'' where the Japanese massacred 74 [[Batan, Aklan|Batan]] residents.<ref>{{cite web |title=Juez de Cuchillo |url=https://www.elmoshouse.org/allposts/2017/6/2/juez-de-cuchillo |website=Elmo's House Artist Residency |access-date=23 April 2024 |date=23 October 2017}}</ref> This time, they garrisoned the towns of Kalibo, Ibajay, New Washington, Altavas, Balete, and Batan.<ref name="Japanese Occupation of Aklan">{{cite journal |last1=Redison |first1=Frances Anthea |title=Survival and Atrocity: Remembering the Japanese Occupation of the Province of Aklan, Philippines, 1942–45 |journal=Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies |volume=2020-2021 |url=https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/kasarinlan/article/view/9570/8443 |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref> The town would eventually be liberated together with the entire island of Panay on March 18, 1945.<ref name="PVAO">{{cite web |title=Liberation of Panay, Romblon, and Guimaras |url=https://pvao.gov.ph/events/liberation-of-panay-romblon-and-guimaras/ |website=Philippine Veteran Affairs Office |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref>

The town's older private colleges were established after the war: [[Aklan Catholic College]] (1945),<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://acc.edu.ph/v1/about.php |website=Aklan Catholic College |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref> and Northwestern Visayan Colleges (1948).<ref>{{cite web |title=NVC History |url=https://nvc.edu.ph/nvc-history/ |website=Northwestern Visayan Colleges |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref>

On November 8, 1956, the province of Aklan was officially established, and Kalibo became its capital.<ref>{{cite web |title=Republic Act No. 1414 |url=https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1956/ra_1414_1956.html |website=lawphil.net |access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref>

The town's trade school, the Roxas Memorial School of Arts and Trades (RMSAT), was established in 1959 and opened in 1960.

===Martial Law Period (1965-1986)===

The mid-60s to mid-80s saw several developments rise in Kalibo as it took on its role as Aklan's capital town. The [[Garcia College of Technology]], a private technical college, opened in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=Institutional Profile – Garcia College of Technology|url=https://www.gct.edu.ph/about-us/institutional-profile/ |website=Garcia College of Technology |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref> St Gabriel Medical Center, a major private hospital, opened its doors in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Gabriel Medical Center - Medical Center in Aklan {{!}} MyMediTravel |url=https://www.mymeditravel.com/medical-centers/philippines/aklan/kalibo/saint-gabriel-medical-center |website=www.mymeditravel.com |access-date=23 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
The local power company, Aklan Electric Cooperative, was established in 1972.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.akelco.com.ph/about-us.html |website=Aklan Electric Cooperative, Inc. |language=en}}</ref> Meanwhile, the local water district, the Metro Kalibo Water District, was created in 1976.<ref>{{cite web |title=About MKWD |url=https://www.mkwd.gov.ph/about-mkwd/#history |website=Metro Kalibo Water District |access-date=21 April 2024 |date=23 September 2020}}</ref> The provincial diocese was also erected in 1976.<ref>{{cite web |title=Diocese of Kalibo |url=http://www.claretianpublications.com/index.php/catholic-directory/diocese/diocese-of-kalibo/97 |website=Claretian Publications |access-date=21 April 2024 |language=en-gb |date=26 May 2017}}</ref>

RMSAT was elevated to a state college in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |title=Batas Pambansa Blg. 471 |url=https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/32793 |website=Supreme Court of the Philippines |access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref>

In 1984, [[Typhoon Agnes (1984)|Typhoon Agnes]] (local name ''Undang''), ravaged Kalibo and the whole province. It would become the worst typhoon disaster Kalibo will experience until [[Typhoon Fengshen]] (local name ''Frank'') in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 12 Worst Typhoons of the Philippines (A Summary) |url=https://www.typhoon2000.ph/stormstats/12WorstPhilippineTyphoons.htm |website=Typhoon2000 |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Philippines: Typhoon Frank's total damage in Aklan placed at P2.012 trillon - Philippines {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/philippines-typhoon-franks-total-damage-aklan-placed-p2012-trillon |website=reliefweb.int |access-date=22 April 2024 |language=en |date=15 July 2008}}</ref>

===Contemporary Period (1986-present)===

As a response to ''Undang'', the [[Bakhawan Eco-Park]] began to take shape in December 1989 when the Kalibo Save the Mangroves movement was organized.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Philippine community sees life-saving payoffs from restoring its mangroves |url=https://news.mongabay.com/2020/11/a-philippine-community-sees-life-saving-payoffs-from-restoring-its-mangroves/ |website=Mongabay Environmental News |access-date=23 April 2024 |date=18 November 2020}}</ref>

RMCAT became part of [[Aklan State University|Aklan State College of Agriculture]] in 1998. It was elevated into a university in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aklan State University - Kalibo Campus |url=https://www.recruitday.com/companies/aklan-state-university---kalibo-campus |website=Recruitday |access-date=21 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1990, the town recorded 50,000 residents for the first time. Kalibo was classified a first-class municipality in 1997, and again in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Income Classification as of 2008 |url=https://blgf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/updated-reclass-CY-2008-4-27-16.pdf |website=Bureau of Local Government Finance |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref> The town's first major mall, Gaisano Capital Kalibo, opened in 2002. It is located in Roxas Avenue Extension, and had 20,000 sqm of retail space.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

==Geography==
[[File:Kalibo from air (Aklan; 10-17-2023).jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Kalibo]]
Kalibo is located at {{coord|format=dms}} in the north-west of [[Panay]] island.

According to the [[Philippine Statistics Authority]], the municipality has a land area of {{convert|50.75|km2}}{{PSGC detail|area}} constituting {{percentage|50.75|1,821.42|2|pad=yes}} of the {{convert|1,821.42|km2|2|adj=mid|-}} total area of Aklan.

===Topography===

Kalibo is situated on the alluvial plains of the [[Aklan River]] which lies to its west. The town is generally flat, with slopes ranging from 0 to 3%.<ref name="JICA Groundwater Report">{{cite web |title=Groundwater development study in Panay island in the Republic of the Philippines. Final report. - |url=https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/618/618/618_118_10782274.html |website=Japan International Cooperation Agency |access-date=14 May 2024 |date=November 1989}}</ref>

===Climate===
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===Barangays===
Kalibo is politically subdivided into 16 [[barangay]]s.{{PSGC detail|nscb}} Each barangay consists of [[purok]]s and some have [[sitios]].

All barangays are classified as urban. Mobo was formerly known as ''Tinigao Bongoe''.<ref name="ChanRobles-RA715">{{cite web|title=Republic Act No. 715 - An Act Changing the Name of the Barrio Tinigao Bongoe, Municipality of Kalibo, Province of Capiz, to Mobo|url=http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno715.html#.WAkoJNV97IU|website=Chan Robles Virtual Law Library|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927030241/http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno715.html#.WAkoJNV97IU|archive-date=September 27, 2013|date=June 6, 1952}}</ref>

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==Demographics==
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In the 2020 census, Kalibo had a population of 89,127.{{PH wikidata|population_reference}} The population density was {{convert|{{sigfig|89,127/50.75|2}}|PD/km2}}.

===Language===
[[Aklanon language|Aklanon]] is the main dialect of Kalibo and the entire province of Aklan. [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]] is also spoken as the secondary language of the municipality.

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==Economy==
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| caption2 = Roxas Avenue, the main commercial thoroughfare of the town
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Kalibo's main industry is agriculture, based on [[rice]], [[coconuts]], ''[[piña]]'' and [[abaca]]. The town also produces piña fiber, which is marketed as an alternative to traditional leather.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pina Weaving, Kalibo's Gift to the World |url=https://www.airasia.com/play/assets/blt52375422cb8b9003/pina-weaving-kalibos-gift-to-the-world |website=Airasia |access-date=24 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Kalibo also has food manufacturing facilities, supporting a meat-processing industry that produces ''[[chorizo]]'', ''[[tocino]]'' and other similar products.

Kalibo serves as the commercial center for Aklan province, owing to its status as the provincial capital. Its institutions serve its immediate surrounding area. In 2021, the municipality hosted 28 banks and held 19 million pesos in total deposits, the largest among 17 municipalities of Aklan. This is equivalent to 75% of all deposits in the province. The Kalibo Public Market, Gaisano Grand, Gaisano Capital, CityMall and SM Cherry further cement Kalibo's position as a retail hub.<ref name="Philippine Banking System">{{cite web |title=Distribution of Domestic Deposits as of December 2021 |url=https://www.pdic.gov.ph/files/BSDStats/DDD_PBS_ProvinceMunicipality.htm |website=Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref>

The town also hosts multiple higher educational institutions such as Aklan Catholic College, Northwestern Visayan Colleges and [[Garcia College of Technology]]. The College of Industrial Technology of [[Aklan State University]] is located in Andagao.

Some hospitals in the town include the government-owned Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital;<ref>{{cite web |title=About Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital |url=https://aklan.gov.ph/drstmh/about/ |website=Aklan Provincial Government |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref> the private St Gabriel Hospital, Panay Healthcare Medical Center and Asia Pacific Medical Center.

Tourism in Kalibo peaks during the [[Ati-Atihan Festival]], celebrated every second week of January and culminating on the third Sunday. The town also benefits from good road connections to [[Boracay]], allowing it to become a jump-off point for tourists headed to the island. This is all underpinned by the presence of the [[Kalibo International Airport]] which was the fourth busiest airport in the country as of 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Passenger Movement for CY 2022 |url=https://caap.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AirPassCarAnnual2022-as-of-Feb-2023.pdf?csrt=7457130503902951956 |website=Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref>

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==Culture==

===Ati-Atihan Festival===
[[File:Kalibo Ati-Atihan Festival, Philippines.jpg|thumb|Ati-Atihan street dance 2019]]
{{main|Ati-Atihan Festival}}

The Ati-Atihan Festival is a festival celebrated in Kalibo every second week of January and culminating on the third Sunday of the month. Revelers smear themselves with [[soot]] or any blackening substance in order to look like an [[Ati people|Ati]].

The Ati-Atihan Festival is believed to have started in the year 1212 when [[Borneo|Borneans]], led by the ten [[datu]]s, traveled on [[balangay]]s and crossed the [[Sulu Sea]] to land in [[Panay]], making it the oldest festival in the Philippines.

Ati-atihan Festival was included as one of the "World's Best Festivals" by Fest300,<ref name="Fest300-AtiAtihan">{{cite web|title=Ati-Atihan|url=https://www.fest300.com/festivals/ati-atihan|website=Fest300|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402151542/https://www.fest300.com/festivals/ati-atihan|archive-date=April 2, 2016}}</ref> dubbed as the "Grand Daddy of Philippine Festivals" by the Largest Travel Guide Book Publisher in the World - Lonely Planet and recognized, as well as, holds the title of "Mother of All Philippine Festivals".<ref name="SunStar-StoNinoFestivals">{{cite news|last1=Lizares|first1=Luci|title=History of Santo Niño Festivals|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/lifestyle/2016/01/28/history-sto-nino-festivals-454155|access-date=October 20, 2016|work=[[Sun.Star]] Bacolod|date=January 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129080503/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/lifestyle/2016/01/28/history-sto-nino-festivals-454155|archive-date=January 29, 2016|quote=The Ati-Atihan festival is called the Mother of all Filipino festivals.}}</ref>

===Attractions===
[[File:Kalibo Museum in Aklan.jpg|thumb|Kalibo Museum (''Museo It Akean'')]]
[[File:Tigayon Hills.jpg|thumb|Tigayon Hills]]
Landmarks of the town include [[Aklan River]], the main river that flows through the town and the origin of the name of the province. Within the town proper lies Freedom Shrine which commemorates [[World War II]] veterans and the ''Museo it Akean'', a museum of Aklan's history. Outside the town lies [[Bakhawan Eco-Park]], a {{convert|220|ha|adj=on}} [[mangrove]] [[reforestation]] project that began in 1990 in barangay New Buswang. Tigayon Hill and Caves in Barangay Tigayon which were burial sites during the pre-Hispanic era and a pit for Chinese artifacts which were excavated in the recent past.

===Historical Markers===
The table below is the list of Historical Markers installed by the [[National Historical Commission of the Philippines]] in Kalibo.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;"
|-
! scope="col" | Marker Title
! scope="col" | Description
! scope="col" | Date Issued 
! scope="col" | Location
|-
|  {{center|[[Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan|Death site of Gen. Francisco del Castillo]]}}
|  {{center|Patriot Defender of Liberty and Leader of the [[Katipunan|Aklan Revolutionists]]}}
| {{center|1952 (Original) 2019 (Re-created)}}
|  {{center|Pastrana Park (Poblacion)}}
|-
|  {{center|[[Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan]]}}
|  {{center|Filipino Patriots in Kalibo, Aklan}}
| {{center|1952}}
| {{center| Acevedo Building (Poblacion)}}
|-
|  {{center| [[Victorino Mapa|Victorino Montano Mapa]]}}
| {{center| [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court Chief 1920 - 1921]]}}
| {{center|1964}}
|  {{center|Glowmoon Hotel (Poblacion)}}
|-
|  {{center| [[Gabriel Reyes|Birthplace of Most Reverend Gabriel Martelino Reyes, D.D]]}}
|  {{center|28th [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila|Archbishop of Manila]], and the first native Filipino to hold that post}}
|  
|  {{center|CAP Building (Poblacion)}}
|-
|  {{center| [[List of historical markers of the Philippines in Western Visayas|Kap. Gil M. Mijares]]}}
|  {{center| One of the Aklanon Heroes of [[World War II]]}}
| {{center|2006}}
| {{center| Kalibo Police Station Building (Poblacion)}}
|-
|  {{center|[[List of historical markers of the Philippines in Western Visayas|Koronel Pastor C. Martelino]]}}
| {{center| One of the Aklanon Heroes of [[World War II]]}}
| {{center|2006}}
|  {{center|Camp Pastor Martelino (New Buswang)}}
|-
|  {{center| [[Macario Peralta, Jr.|Macario L. Peralta, Jr.]]}}
| {{center| Filipino Commander during [[World War II]]}}
| {{center|2013}}
|  {{center|Provincial Capitol Site (Estancia)}}
|-
|  {{center|[[Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan|Aklan Freedom Shrine]]}}
|  {{center|A National Shrine}}
| {{center|2019}}
| {{center|D. Maagma cor Veterans’ Avenue (Poblacion)}}
|-
|  {{center|[[Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan|Memorare - 19 Martyrs of Aklan]]}}
|  {{center|Tableau memorial in honor of the freedom heroes}}
| {{center|2019}}
| {{center|Goding Ramos Park, Capitol Grounds (Estancia)}}
|-
|}

==Infrastructure==

Kalibo's roads are composed of national, municipal and barangay roads. The town is connected to Iloilo City and Roxas City via the Aklan East Coast Road. In 2023, the new Kalibo Circumferential Road was declared as a national-level road. The road features a new bridge ([[Kalibo Bridge III]]) across the Aklan River and connects municipalities west of it to Brgy. Tigayon, the airport, and the jetty port in Brgy. Pook.<ref>{{cite web |title=Declaring Kalibo Circumferential Road as a National Road |url=https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/issuances/department-order/30285 |website=Department of Public Works and Highways |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref>

Water is provided by the Metro Kalibo Water District<ref>{{cite web |title=About MKWD |url=https://www.mkwd.gov.ph/about-mkwd/#history |website=Metro Kalibo Water District |access-date=10 April 2024 |date=23 September 2020}}</ref> while power is provided by the Aklan Electric Cooperative.

==Transportation==
Kalibo is the main transportation hub for the resort island of [[Boracay]].

===Air===
{{Further|Kalibo International Airport}}

Air travel to Kalibo from Manila is about 45 minutes under two airlines: [[Cebu Pacific]] and [[Philippines AirAsia]]. These airlines increase their flights during the Kalibo Ati-Atihan Festival every January each year. [[T'way Air]] does flights to [[Incheon]], [[South Korea]] while [[IrAero]] has flights to [[Irkutsk]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=IrAero Adds Kalibo Service in NW25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250904-ionw25klo |website=AeroRoutes |access-date=4 September 2025 |language=en-CA |date=4 September 2025}}</ref> and [[Khabarovsk]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=IrAero Adds Khabarovsk – Kalibo Service in 4Q25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250918-ionw25khvklo |access-date=19 September 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=19 September 2025 |language=en-CA}}</ref> in [[Russia]].{{efn|IrAero flights make an intermediate stop in [[Guilin Liangjiang International Airport|Guilin]] en route to the listed destination. However, the airline has no [[Freedoms of the air|fifth freedom rights]] to carry passengers solely between Kalibo and Guilin.}}

Kalibo is the major hub for/to [[Boracay]]. The [[Kalibo International Airport]] is about ten minutes away from Poblacion Kalibo main plaza (Pastrana Park).

===Sea===
Kalibo has four ports near the town. The [[New Washington, Aklan|New Washington]] port and the Dumaguit port are 20 minutes away from Kalibo. [[Batan, Aklan|Batan]] port is accessible via Dumaguit and Altavas while the [[Malay, Aklan|Malay]] port is approximately two hours. Travel time from [[Manila]] to Aklan is 14 to 18 hours through sea travel.

The [[Caticlan]] Jetty Port is part of the Roll-on Roll-off (RORO) Strong Republic Nautical Highway that connects Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, and it passes through Kalibo to [[Capiz]] or [[Romblon]]. There is a jetty port in barangay Pook of Kalibo.

===Land===
[[File:Kalibo trike.JPG|thumb|[[Auto rickshaw#Philippines|Tricycle]] with 8-passenger sidecar.]]
Public transportation around the town is by [[tricycle]], taxi, multicab and [[jeepneys]].

Kalibo is {{convert|158|km}} from [[Iloilo City]], {{convert|86|km}} from [[Roxas City]], and {{convert|182|km}} from [[San Jose, Antique]]. Land travel from Iloilo City to Kalibo takes approximately three hours, one and a half hours from [[Roxas City]], and four hours from [[San Jose, Antique]]. All are accessible by bus and minivans. Trips to Caticlan range from 70 minutes to 90 minutes depending on the mode of transportation.

===Public transport===

The tricycle dominates the streets in Kalibo and is the main form of [[public transport]]. The town has its own version of the design of its tricycle that can accommodate up to 8 passengers. The design was also adopted in the rest of [[Aklan]] and some parts of northern [[Antique province|Antique]]. There are about 3,000 tricycles-for-hire that are registered with Sangguniang Bayan-issued franchises operating within the 16 barangays of the Municipality of Kalibo and are distributed in accordance with their following approved routes or zones of operation:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
! scope="col" | Route No.
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Color code
! scope="col" | Coverage
! scope="col" | Terminal
|-
! scope="row" | 1
| style="background-color:green;color:white;" colspan="2" | Green
| {{hlist | Osmena Avenue | Estancia | Tinigao | Mobo| Tigayon | Linabuan Norte}}
| Kalibo Public Market
|-
! scope="row" | 2
| style="background-color:blue;color:white;" colspan="2" | Blue
| {{hlist | New Buswang | Old Buswang | Bakhaw Sur | Bakhaw Norte | Bakawan Eco-Park}}
| RC Supermart; Gaisano (to Andagao)
|-
! scope="row" | 3
| style="background-color:orange;" colspan="2" | Orange
| {{hlist | Cardinal Sin Avenue | Andagao | Caano | Pook | Kalibo International Airport | Nalook | Mabilo (Kalibo) | Briones}}
| Allen's Mart / Our Own Little Ways Bakeshop (for Andagao Drivers).
|-
! scope="row" | 4
| style="background-color:white;" | White & 
| style="background-color:purple;color:white;" | Purple
| {{hlist | Poblacion Kalibo | Capitol Site | BLISS Site | ASU | Roxas Ave. Extension}}
| ''None''
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="4" | ''{{small|Note: All the terminals are along Toting Reyes Street (except those bound for Andagao).  The Municipality currently has plans of issuing Night-Tricycle franchises for evening public commuters}}''
|}

==Education==
There are two schools district offices which govern all educational institutions within the municipality. They oversee the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2021 |title=Masterlist of Schools |url=https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SY-2020-2021-Masterlist-of-Schools-Address-only-1-1.pdf |access-date=November 20, 2025 |website=Department of Education}}</ref> These are the:
*Kalibo I Schools District
*Kalibo II Schools District

===Primary and elementary schools===
{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}
* Aklan Academy
* Aklan Inter Faith Academy
* Aklan Learning Center
* Andagaw Elementary School
* Briones Elementary School
* Caano Elementary School
* Christ the King (Main)
* Dela Cruz Institute of Business & Industry
* Estancia Elementary School
* Gen. F. Castillo Memorial School
* Holy Child Nursery and Kindergarten School
* Infant Jesus Academy
* Infant Jesus School
* Kalibo Aklan Sun Yat Sen School
* Kalibo I Elementary School
* Kalibo Pilot Elementary School
* Linabuan Norte Elementary School
* Maranatha Christian Academy
* Marian High Kalibo Foundation
* Mobo Elementary School
* Nalook Elementary School
* New Buswang Elementary School
* Old Buswang-Bakhaw Sur Elementary School
* Pook Elementary School
* St. Anne Montessori School
* St. Dominic School
* St. Gabriel English School
* Starglow Center for Academics and Arts
* Tigayon Elementary School
* Tinigaw Elementary School
* Wadeford School
{{Div col end}}
===Secondary schools===
Educational institutions which offer junior and senior high schools are the following:
{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}
* Aklan Catholic College
* Aklan Nationaol High School for Arts & Trades
* Aklan Valley High School Foundation
* Aklan Polytechnic College
* Bakhaw Norte Integrated School
* Central Panay College of Science & Technology
* Christ the King (Main)
* Garcia College of Technology
* Gaudencio L. Vega National High School (Nalook National High School)
* Joselito Alba Vocational & Technical School
* Kalibo Institute
* Kalibo Integrated Special Education Center
* Linabuan National High School
* Northwestern Visayan Colleges
* Regional Science High School
* Saint Gabriel College
* STI College
* Three Angels Adventist Learning Center
* Verde Grande College
* Western Pacific College
{{Div col end}}

===Higher educational institutions===
{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}
* Aklan Catholic College
* Aklan Polytechnic College
* Central Panay College of Science & Technology
* Garcia College of Technology
* Northwestern Visayan Colleges
* Saint Gabriel College
* STI College
* Verde Grande College
* Western Pacific College
{{Div col end}}

==Sister cities==
Kalibo has one official [[town twinning|sister city]]:
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]], [[Alaska]], United States (2014)<ref name="JuneauOrg-SisterCities">{{cite web|title=Juneau's Sister Cities|url=http://juneau.org/clerk/sister_cities/cbjs_sister_cities.php|website=City and Borough of Juneau|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305115342/http://juneau.org/clerk/sister_cities/cbjs_sister_cities.php|archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{wikivoyage inline|Kalibo}}
* [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]

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| North     = ''[[Sibuyan&nbsp;Sea]]''
| East      = ''[[Sibuyan&nbsp;Sea]]''
| Southeast = [[New Washington, Aklan|New&nbsp;Washington]]
| South     = [[Banga, Aklan|Banga]]
| West      = [[Numancia, Aklan|Numancia]]<br />[[Lezo, Aklan|Lezo]]
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