Malay

Malay formally the Municipality of Malay, is a 1st class municipality within the province of Aklan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a populace of 52,973 humans. It is the northernmost city within the island of Panay. The hotel island of Boracay is a part of the municipality. The municipality of Malay changed into created inside the province of Capiz on June 15, 1949, from the barrio of Malay and surrounding barrios which were then a part of Buruanga. The new municipality then included the following barrios: Malay poblacion, seat of neighborhood government, Dumlog, Cabulihan, Balusbos, Nabaoy, Cubay Norte, Cubay Sur, Cogon, Argao, Sambiray, Caticlan, Manoc-Manoc, Balabag, Yapak, Motag, Napaan, and Naasog.

On April 25, 1956, Malay became a municipality of the newly created province of Aklan, along with numerous different cities of Capiz. It turned into hit significantly by using typhoon Seniang on 9–10 December 2006, with much destruction and damage of houses and infrastructure."Resolution no. 066, collection of 2010" created an advert hoc Committee and Technical Working Group to conduct initial look at and evaluation for the proposed cityhood of the Municipality of Malay, Aklan.