Leon, officially the Municipality of Leon (Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Leon, Kinaray-a: Banwa kang Leon, Tagalog: Bayan ng Leon), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 52,777 people.

It is known as the "Vegetable Basket of Iloilo Province" due to its supply of asparagus, cabbages, baguio beans, sayote, eggplants, carrots and other vegetables.

A popular tourist attraction in the municipality is the Bucari Mountain Range, which is known as the Summer Capital of Iloilo and Vegetable Garden of Iloilo.

Leon has a total land area of 14,020 hectares (34,600 acres) of which 276.16 hectares is classified as an urban area and 13,728.84 hectares as rural land. It is 36 kilometres (22 mi) from Iloilo City and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Alimodian.

Leon is politically subdivided into 85 barangays.  Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

In the 2024 census, the population of Leon was 52,777 people, with a density of 380 inhabitants per square kilometre or 980 inhabitants per square mile.

Poverty incidence of Leon

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority