JANIUAY  , a

town of the province of Iloilo, Panay, Philippine Islands, on the Suague river, about 20 M . W.N.W. of Iloilo, the capital . Pop . (1903), 27,399, including Lambfinao (6661) annexed to Janivay in 1903 . The town commands delightful views of mountain and valley scenery . An excellent road connects it with Pototan, about 10 m . E . The surrounding country is hilly but fertile and well cultivated, producing rice, sugar, tobacco, vegetables (for the Iloilo market), hemp and Indian corn . The women weave and sell beautiful fabrics of pina, silk, cotton and abaca . The language is Panay-Visayan . Janivay was founded in 1578; it was first established in the mountains and was subsequently removed to its present site .