Batad | |
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Municipality of Batad | |
![]() Sugarcane harvesting in Batad | |
![]() Map of Iloilo with Batad highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 11°25′N123°07′E / 11.42°N 123.12°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Western Visayas |
Province | Iloilo |
District | 5th district |
Barangays | 24 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Elvira P. Alarcon (PFP) |
• Vice Mayor | Steven Michael Y. Andrada (PFP) |
• Representative | Binky April M. Tupas (Lakas) |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 15,603 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 53.10 km2 (20.50 sq mi) |
Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
Highest elevation | 630 m (2,070 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [3] | |
• Total | 22,174 |
• Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
• Households | 5,818 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 27 |
• Revenue | ₱ 131.1 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 388.5 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 101.9 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 95.05 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Iloilo 3 Electric Cooperative (ILECO 3) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 5016 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)33 |
Native languages | Hiligaynon Capisnon Tagalog |
Website | www |
Batad, officially the Municipality of Batad (Hiligaynon : Banwa sang Batad, Tagalog : Bayan ng Batad), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 22,157 people. [5]
In 1950, the barrio of Zarragoza was transferred to the town of Balasan. [6]
Batad is 122 kilometres (76 mi) north from the provincial capital, Iloilo City, and 65 kilometres (40 mi) from Roxas City.
Batad is politically subdivided into 24 barangays. [7] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Batad, Iloilo | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 27 (81) | 29 (85) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 61 (2.4) | 39 (1.5) | 46 (1.8) | 48 (1.9) | 90 (3.5) | 144 (5.7) | 152 (6.0) | 145 (5.7) | 163 (6.4) | 160 (6.3) | 120 (4.7) | 90 (3.5) | 1,258 (49.4) |
Average rainy days | 12.3 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 18.5 | 25.0 | 27.4 | 26.0 | 25.9 | 24.9 | 17.9 | 14.2 | 221 |
Source: Meteoblue [8] (Use with caution: this is modeled/calculated data, not measured locally.) |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 2,133 | — |
1960 | 7,712 | +2.28% |
1970 | 9,372 | +1.97% |
1975 | 9,819 | +0.94% |
1980 | 11,790 | +3.73% |
1990 | 14,337 | +1.98% |
1995 | 15,345 | +1.28% |
2000 | 17,009 | +2.23% |
2007 | 18,298 | +1.01% |
2010 | 19,385 | +2.12% |
2015 | 21,298 | +1.81% |
2020 | 22,157 | +0.84% |
2024 | 22,174 | +0.02% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Batad, Iloilo, was 22,157 people, [14] with a density of 420 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,100 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Batad
10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 57.92 2003 48.78 2006 46.90 2009 33.12 2012 34.53 2015 26.43 2018 23.77 2021 27.00 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] |