Balete | |
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Municipality of Balete | |
![]() Church of Balete | |
![]() Map of Aklan with Balete highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 11°33′19″N122°22′45″E / 11.5553°N 122.3792°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Western Visayas |
Province | Aklan |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 10 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Dexter M. Calizo |
• Vice Mayor | Patrick F. Lachica |
• Representative | Carlito S. Marquez |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 17,585 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 118.93 km2 (45.92 sq mi) |
Elevation | 144 m (472 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,568 m (5,144 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [3] | |
• Total | 30,310 |
• Density | 250/km2 (660/sq mi) |
• Households | 2,242 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 26.79 |
• Revenue | ₱ 178.8 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 504.8 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 148.5 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 129.7 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Aklan Electric Cooperative (AKELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 5614 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)36 |
Native languages | Aklanon Hiligaynon Capisnon Tagalog |
Balete, officially the Municipality of Balete (Aklanon: Banwa it Balete; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Balete; Tagalog : Bayan ng Balete), is a municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 30,090 people. [5]
Balete is 21 kilometres (13 mi) from Kalibo, the provincial capital.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 118.93 square kilometres (45.92 sq mi) [6] constituting 6.53% of the 1,821.42-square-kilometre- (703.25 sq mi) total area of Aklan.
Climate data for Balete, Aklan | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 30 (86) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 47 (1.9) | 33 (1.3) | 39 (1.5) | 48 (1.9) | 98 (3.9) | 150 (5.9) | 169 (6.7) | 147 (5.8) | 163 (6.4) | 172 (6.8) | 118 (4.6) | 80 (3.1) | 1,264 (49.8) |
Average rainy days | 11.4 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 19.1 | 25.6 | 27.4 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 25.2 | 18.5 | 14.5 | 219.9 |
Source: Meteoblue [7] (Use with caution: this is modeled/calculated data, not measured locally.) |
Balete is politically subdivided into 10 barangays. [8] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Fulgencio was formerly known as Morthon. [9]
PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
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2024 [10] | 2010 [11] | |||||
060402001 | Aranas | 17.3% | 5,256 | 5,083 | 0.24% | |
060402002 | Arcangel | 11.5% | 3,486 | 3,454 | 0.06% | |
060402004 | Calizo | 12.7% | 3,863 | 3,773 | 0.17% | |
060402005 | Cortes | 10.8% | 3,278 | 2,872 | 0.93% | |
060402006 | Feliciano | 9.5% | 2,883 | 2,788 | 0.24% | |
060402007 | Fulgencio | 11.8% | 3,568 | 3,230 | 0.70% | |
060402008 | Guanko | 4.4% | 1,321 | 1,322 | −0.01% | |
060402009 | Morales | 10.5% | 3,184 | 2,619 | 1.38% | |
060402010 | Oquendo | 4.1% | 1,234 | 1,226 | 0.05% | |
060402011 | Poblacion | 2.8% | 847 | 830 | 0.14% | |
Total | 30,310 | 27,197 | 0.77% |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 5,529 | — |
1939 | 9,508 | +1.52% |
1948 | 10,835 | +1.46% |
1960 | 12,677 | +1.32% |
1970 | 14,310 | +1.22% |
1975 | 15,827 | +2.04% |
1980 | 17,300 | +1.80% |
1990 | 19,842 | +1.38% |
1995 | 19,972 | +0.12% |
2000 | 23,616 | +3.66% |
2007 | 26,360 | +1.53% |
2010 | 27,197 | +1.14% |
2015 | 28,920 | +1.18% |
2020 | 30,090 | +0.84% |
2024 | 30,310 | +0.18% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [12] [13] [11] [14] [15] |
In the 2020 census, Balete had a population of 30,090. [16] The population density was 250 inhabitants per square kilometre (650/sq mi).
Poverty incidence of Balete
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2000 63.59 2003 60.92 2006 45.10 2009 52.68 2012 25.59 2015 23.83 2018 17.26 2021 26.79 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] |
In Balete, the Aklanon people-based piña industry preserves Filipino traditional weaving. Raquel Eliserio, as its cultural master won the AGAATI's Global Eco Artisan Awards 2021. She founded a haeab-ean (weaving area) in her Barangay Feliciano and another in neighboring Tangalan. Her over a hundred looms and piña fiber knotters utilize her unique suksuk or inlay. The counted warp and weft are pulled by cotton threads, numbered with Dicranopteris linearis sticks and the piña textile is inlaid with designs. [25]
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