Barbaza

Barbaza, officially the Municipality of Barbaza (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 24,925 people.

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Settlement.image_flag: Flag_of_Barbaza,_Antique.png
Settlement.flag_size: 120x80px
Settlement.seal_size: 100x80px
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map: Philippines
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Philippines
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.parts_type: Barangays
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: (see Barangays)
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Roberto C. Necor

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Municipality of Barbaza
Population: 24925
Area: 154.36
Elevation: 272
Households: 6034
Dialing code: 36

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postal code: 5706
poverty incidence: 22.18
fiscal/tax revenue: 164528406.88
electorate: 16101
total assets: 293864671.58
total expenditure: 128883225.21
total liabilities: 130092170.02
Commons category: Barbaza

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Barbaza, officially the Municipality of Barbaza (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 24,925 people.

==History== Long after the discovery of the Philippines by the Spaniards led by Ferdinand Magellan on March 16, 1521, there was already an established settlement in a place presumably now Barangay Esparar. In later years however, the Moros from Palawan and Mindoro started coming to raid and plunder the inhabitants, and often abducted beautiful maidens and men to be made slaves. Because of fear, the inhabitants moved to a much safer place, in a narrow strip of land at the foot of Mount Dumangsal. The site of the new settlement up to this day is called Igtara. The population rapidly increased. When the Moros stopped coming, they decided to move down to a much wider plain. The settlement started to flourish and later a church and a town hall were built out of bamboo and cogon grass. Today, it is where Barangay Binanu-an stands. Binanu-an means "Ginbanwahan or Binanwahan".