Badiangan | |
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| Municipality of Badiangan | |
 Map of Iloilo with Badiangan highlighted | |
  Badiangan Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 10°59′10″N122°32′13″E / 10.986025°N 122.536936°E Coordinates: 10°59′10″N122°32′13″E / 10.986025°N 122.536936°E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Western Visayas (Region VI) |
| Province | Iloilo |
| District | 3rd district of Iloilo |
| Barangays | 31 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Serafin S. Villa Jr. |
| • Vice Mayor | Erwin Roy J. Gaje Sr. |
| • Congressman | Lorenz R. Defensor |
| • Electorate | 17,514 voters (2019) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 77.50 km2 (29.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) [3] | |
| • Total | 27,005 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 22.48% (2015) [4] |
| • Revenue (₱) | 72,392,644.72 (2016) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 5033 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)33 |
| Climate type | tropical climate |
| Native languages | Kinaray-a language Hiligaynon Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Badiangan, officially the Municipality of Badiangan, (Hiligaynon : Banwa sang Badiangan, Kinaray-a : Banwa kang Badiangan, Tagalog : Bayan ng Badiangan), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 27,005 people. [3]
The Hiligaynon language, also often referred to by most of its speakers simply as Ilonggo, is an Austronesian regional language spoken in the Philippines by about 9.1 million people, mainly in Western Visayas and Soccsksargen, most of whom belong to the Hiligaynon people. It is the second-most widely spoken language and belongs to the Bisayan languages, and is more distantly related to other Philippine languages.
TagalogTagalog pronunciation: [tɐˈɡaːloɡ]) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a quarter of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by the majority. Its standardized form, officially named Filipino, is the national language of the Philippines, and is one of two official languages alongside English.
Iloilo is a province located in the region of Western Visayas in the Philippines. Iloilo occupies a major southeast portion of the Visayan island of Panay and is bordered by the province of Antique to the west, Capiz to the north, the Jintotolo Channel to the northeast, the Guimaras Strait to the east, and the Iloilo Strait and Panay Gulf to the southwest.
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Badiangan is 39 kilometres (24 mi) from Iloilo City.
Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo is a highly urbanized city on the southeastern tip of Panay island in the Philippines. It is the capital city of the province of Iloilo where it is geographically situated but, in terms of government and administration, it is politically independent. In addition, it is the center of the Iloilo-Guimaras Metropolitan Area, as well as the regional center and primate city of the Western Visayas region. In the 2015 census, Iloilo City had a population of 447,992 inhabitants, with a 1.02% population annual growth rate. For the metropolitan area, the total population is 946,146 inhabitants.
