The CPU's main campus sits on a 24 hectare (59.30 acres) of land in the former city of Jaro which is now a district of Iloilo City, the largest in Iloilo City. The main campus's vital location set between the Tigum River and Dungon Creek is laid back-urban. It is near from necessary contacts yet far away from the distraction of metropolis's noise and dust of the progressive and bustling city center of Iloilo. The city, which has been dubbed as the "Asia's City of Love" or "City of Love" and "Emerging Museum City of the Philippines", is the last capital of Spanish Empire in Asia and the Pacific, hence the Spanish influence could be seen elsewhere especially in the broad spectrum such as the culture and traditions.