Banton is a 5th class municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines

Philippines

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. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 6,769 people in 1,478 households. It was formerly known as Jones, and was recognized with its current name starting in 1959.

Geography

Banton is composed of the main island of Banton

Banton Island

Banton Island is an island in the province of Romblon in the Philippines. It has one municipality named Banton.It is the most northerly island of the province; the surface is rugged except in the southeast; the soil is sterile and few crops are raised; the chief industry is the mining of gypsum....

 and the uninhabited islands of Bantoncillo

Bantoncillo Island

Bantoncillo Island is an uninhabited island in the province of Romblon in the Philippines. It is part of the municipality of Banton.Bantoncillo is a Spanish word meaning "little Banton"....

, and the Dos Hermanas Islands (Two Sisters), composed of Carlota

Carlota Island

Carlota Island is an inhabited island in the province of Romblon in the Philippines. It is part of barangay Nasunogan in the municipality of Banton. In the 1918 census, the island together with its sister island Isabel Island constituted one single barrio named "Isla de los Hermanos" with 23...

 and Isabel.

Barangays

Banton is politically subdivided into 17 barangay

Barangay

A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...

s. In 1954, the sitios of Mahaba, Angomon, Solocan, Kapanranan and Yabawon were consolidated into the barrio known as Yabawon.

Balogo Banice Hambi-an Lagang Libtong Mainit Nabalay Nasunogan Poblacion

Sibay Tan-Ag Toctoc Togbongan Togong Tungonan Tumalum Yabawon

Population of Banton at Various Time

Barrio/Barangay Name	Land Area (Hectares)	1894	1896 /c,e	1903 /c	1918 /a,b	1939 /a	1948 /a	1960	1970	1975	1980	1990	1995	2000	2007 /k
Poblacion (Poblacion Norte)			228
Poblacion (Poblacion Sur)			236
Poblacion (U)	49.79			912	854	985	810	1,093	1,014	1,308	1,215	971	1,248	1,163	910
Alegria					219
Balogo	190.17		226	84	264	327	393	368	438	423	422	432	390	480	558
Banice	120.49		238		122	277	417	477	535	495	517	533	464	425	440
Colongcolong					133
Concepcion (Visita Concepcion)			609	992
Corcuera					514
Gobon					387
Guintiguiban					137
Hambian	178.55		267		293	223	257	217	251	263	305	371	237	323	326
Ilijan					287
Isla de los Hermanas /f (Isla de los Hermanos)					23
Labnig					105
Lagang	173.71				96	119	142	163	139	173	156	157	111	147	147
Libtong	201.78		236		196	288	345	366	321	361	364	393	298	298	292
Mahaba /f (Banton Island)				22
Mahaba (Simara Island)					238
Mainit	172.02		236	124	233	282	271	329	351	410	462	397	344	410	424
Malavega /g				213
Mangansag					259
Mas-ing /f				139	59
Nabalay	152.77		235		86	177	139	149	119	155	132	134	81	125	160
Nasunogan	325.41		229	238	124	438	699	422	505	540	536	573	404	402	409
Sayut /h (Say-ut)				47
Sibay	96.30		230	155	211	300	325	424	380	456	445	443	321	381	395
Solocan /f				272	43
Tambac /i				105
Tan-ag	301.21		236		235	295	316	341	359	422	438	444	347	411	405
Tinigban			/d
Toctoc	167.66		289		176	183	124	123	134	209	190	164	136	237	315
Togbon /i (Togbungan)				99
Togbongan (Tugbungan)	166.45		218	239	129	177	76	114	127	162	146	126	94	185	198
Togong	121.20		198		228	325	410	403	472	506	454	433	356	411	429
Tumalum	94.02		189	194	201	236	335	316	336	455	404	448	351	424	430
Tungonan (Tongonan)	190.41			217	206	345	483	534	645	763	735	641	536	538	557
Yabawon /l	286.06							316	321	444	441	417	351	409	406
Total	2,988.00	/j	4,090	4,043	6,060	4,977	4,972	5,542	6,155	6,447	7,545	7,362	6,069	6,769	6,799

/a – Municipality of Jones
/b – Includes barrios annexed to Corcuera
/c – Includes barrios annexed to Concepcion
/d – Perhaps this was former barrio Tinigban of Sibale (Maestro de Campo) Island rather than the Tinigban located at Tungonan. Population of the barrio was included under visita Concepcion
/e – Reported in 1897
/f – Taken from barrio Nasunogan
/g – Taken from Togong
/h – Taken from Balogo
/i – Taken from Banice
/j - No Data
/k - 2007 NCSO Census
/l - Created barrio on June 12, 1954 under R.A. No. 1014 including the following sitios: Mahaba, Angomon, Solocan, Kapanranan and Yao.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• Banton, Romblon Official Website