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Barotac Nuevo
Barotac Nuevo, officially the Municipality of Barotac Nuevo (Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Barotac Nuevo, Tagalog: Bayan ng Barotac Nuevo), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 59,184 people.
The town is officially known as the Football Capital of the Philippines.
According to local folklore, the barrio of Malutac in Dumangas was famous for its well-bred horses. There was once a horse called Tamasak, a pure white stallion in the stead of one Don Simon Protacio. Don Protacio was offered to sell the horse to Manuel Gonzales de Aguilar, the governor-general of the Philippines at that time whose white horse previously died. Don Protacio adamantly refused to sell his horse which led to Gonzales de Aguilar personally visiting Don Protacio's compound in order to persuade him to do so. After a long negotiation, they came to a truce wherein Tamasak will be given to the governor-general in exchange for Malutac to be made into a town. When the barrio was eventually separated from Dumangas and became a town, it was renamed into Barotac Nuevo.
The name "Barotac" combines the Spanish word baro, meaning mud, with the second syllable of the Hiligaynon word lutac, which also means mud. The term Nuevo meaning "new," was added to distinguish it from Barotac Viejo, located 26 kilometres (16 mi) to the north.
Barotac Nuevo is a small town with an economy centered on fishing and agriculture. Its town church was built by Spanish Roman Catholic missionaries in the 16th century.
Barotac Nuevo is 31 kilometres (19 mi) from the provincial capital Iloilo City, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Pototan, and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Dumangas. The town is bordered by Pototan to the west, Dingle to the north-west, Anilao to the north-east, and Dumangas to the south.
Barotac Nuevo is politically subdivided into 29 barangays: Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
In the 2024 census, the population of Barotac Nuevo was 59,184 people, with a density of 630 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,600 inhabitants per square mile.
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Barotac Nuevo
Barotac Nuevo, officially the Municipality of Barotac Nuevo (Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Barotac Nuevo, Tagalog: Bayan ng Barotac Nuevo), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 59,184 people.
The town is officially known as the Football Capital of the Philippines.
According to local folklore, the barrio of Malutac in Dumangas was famous for its well-bred horses. There was once a horse called Tamasak, a pure white stallion in the stead of one Don Simon Protacio. Don Protacio was offered to sell the horse to Manuel Gonzales de Aguilar, the governor-general of the Philippines at that time whose white horse previously died. Don Protacio adamantly refused to sell his horse which led to Gonzales de Aguilar personally visiting Don Protacio's compound in order to persuade him to do so. After a long negotiation, they came to a truce wherein Tamasak will be given to the governor-general in exchange for Malutac to be made into a town. When the barrio was eventually separated from Dumangas and became a town, it was renamed into Barotac Nuevo.
The name "Barotac" combines the Spanish word baro, meaning mud, with the second syllable of the Hiligaynon word lutac, which also means mud. The term Nuevo meaning "new," was added to distinguish it from Barotac Viejo, located 26 kilometres (16 mi) to the north.
Barotac Nuevo is a small town with an economy centered on fishing and agriculture. Its town church was built by Spanish Roman Catholic missionaries in the 16th century.
Barotac Nuevo is 31 kilometres (19 mi) from the provincial capital Iloilo City, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Pototan, and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Dumangas. The town is bordered by Pototan to the west, Dingle to the north-west, Anilao to the north-east, and Dumangas to the south.
Barotac Nuevo is politically subdivided into 29 barangays: Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
In the 2024 census, the population of Barotac Nuevo was 59,184 people, with a density of 630 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,600 inhabitants per square mile.
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