Igbaras | |
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Municipality of Igbaras | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°43′N122°16′E / 10.72°N 122.27°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Western Visayas |
Province | Iloilo |
District | 1st district |
Founded | 1753 |
Barangays | 46 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Vicente E. Escorpion Jr. |
• Vice Mayor | Sherwin Paul E. Quidato |
• Representative | Janette L. Garin |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 20,685 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 148.72 km2 (57.42 sq mi) |
Elevation | 111 m (364 ft) |
Highest elevation | 452 m (1,483 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 32,197 |
• Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
• Households | 8,021 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 25.71 |
• Revenue | ₱ 131.7 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 406.8 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 98.14 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 71.35 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Iloilo 1 Electric Cooperative (ILECO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 5029 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)33 |
Native languages | Karay-a Hiligaynon Tagalog |
Website | www |
Igbaras, officially the Municipality of Igbaras (Kinaray-a : Banwa kang Igbaras; Hiligaynon : Banwa sang Igbaras, Tagalog : Bayan ng Igbaras), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 32,197 people. [3]
Igbaras celebrates its town fiesta annually on May 22 in honor of Santa Rita de Cascia. The town has many points of interest including the ruins of the church belfry, Mount Napulak, Bahi-Bahi, Nadsadjan Falls, Lagsakan Falls, Timapok Falls, Guiritsan Falls, Sampanan Falls, Bat Cave, Igcabugao Cave, Bais Cave and the Pakuyang sa Tangyan Festival. A species of Rafflesia, the world's largest flower, can also be found here.
The name Igbaras comes from a combination of two words, "ig" or "tig" which means "plenty of" or "season of", and "baras" which means "sand". Thus Igbaras means "plenty of sand" which alludes to the nearby sandy river. Igbaras is most commonly mistaken with the similar-sounding and more widely known province of Guimaras.
As a result of the implementation of Spanish Governor-General Narciso Claveria's decree on giving Filipinos with Spanish surnames in 1849, inhabitants of Igbaras during that time were apportioned with surnames starting mostly with the letter E.
Igbaras was fused with Guimbal in 1902 until the American regime made it a separate town on January 1, 1919. Don Flor Evidente became the first municipal mayor.
American soldiers water tortured Igbaras leaders then burned the village to the ground during the Philippine–American War [5]
Igbaras has the distinction of having the first congressman elected to Congress in 1925–1928 in the person of Don Eugenio Ealdama, and the delegate to the 1935 Constitutional Convention, Don Mariano Ezpeleta who later served as Consul-General and ambassador to several countries.
Igbaras is located at the south-western part of Iloilo. It is situated between the coordinates of 122.2650’ longitude, and 10.7167’ latitude. It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Iloilo City.
Igbaras is politically subdivided into 46 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Alameda was formerly known as Bukaw. [6]
Climate data for Igbaras, Iloilo | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 32 (90) | 33 (91) | 32 (90) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (87) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19 (0.7) | 17 (0.7) | 26 (1.0) | 37 (1.5) | 119 (4.7) | 191 (7.5) | 258 (10.2) | 260 (10.2) | 248 (9.8) | 196 (7.7) | 97 (3.8) | 39 (1.5) | 1,507 (59.3) |
Average rainy days | 7.2 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 11.9 | 22.3 | 26.5 | 28.3 | 28.2 | 27.3 | 26.4 | 18.7 | 11.8 | 222.1 |
Source: Meteoblue [7] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 6,406 | — |
1939 | 14,394 | +2.27% |
1948 | 15,968 | +1.16% |
1960 | 17,537 | +0.78% |
1970 | 19,720 | +1.18% |
1975 | 21,339 | +1.59% |
1980 | 22,173 | +0.77% |
1990 | 25,274 | +1.32% |
1995 | 25,960 | +0.50% |
2000 | 27,878 | +1.54% |
2007 | 29,417 | +0.74% |
2010 | 31,347 | +2.34% |
2015 | 32,004 | +0.40% |
2020 | 32,197 | +0.12% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Igbaras was 32,197 people, [3] with a density of 220 inhabitants per square kilometre or 570 inhabitants per square mile.
People from Igbaras speak Kinaray-a, a language associated with Antique province. However, Hiligaynon, a vernacular commonly used in Iloilo City is understood by everyone and used mostly by students or those staying in the city.
Poverty incidence of Igbaras
10 20 30 40 2006 33.00 2009 29.21 2012 22.52 2015 25.39 2018 25.45 2021 25.71 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] |
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The Mayor is the chief executive of the town. He is elected to serve a three-year term, with a maximum of three terms. The incumbent Municipal Mayor is Atty. Vicente E. Escorpion Jr. The Vice Mayor is the Presiding Officer of the Sangguniang Bayan. He is also the chief executive of the town whenever the mayor is out of the town. He is elected to serve a three-year term, with a maximum of three terms. The incumbent vice mayor is Atty. Sherwin Paul E. Quidato. The Sangguniang Bayan of Igbaras is composed of 8 members with 2 ex-officio members which are the town's Liga ng mga Barangay President and Sangguniang Kabataan Federation President. The municipal councilors are elected to serve a three-year term, with a maximum of three terms.
The town officials from June 30, 2022, to June 30, 2025. They were elected last May 9, 2022 Philippine General Elections
Position | Name |
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Municipal Mayor | Vicente Elmido Escorpion Jr. |
Municipal Vice Mayor | Sherwin Paul Eugalca Quidato |
Councilors | Romeo Eresuelo Espinosa |
Deniamel Yen Dela Cruz-Famatid | |
Jose Vicente Elechicon Espin Jr. | |
Anne Karmela Eata Eucogco | |
Christian Jun Encia Elarmo | |
Hermogenes Edjan Eulatic | |
Anthony Estil Autencio | |
Jose Nilo Ealdama Graza | |
Ferdinand Espia Esmejarda (LNB Rep.) | |
Carla Jane Sinoro Escorpion (Sk Fed. Pres.) |
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