Banate, Iloilo
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Port of Banate
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| Motto: Abante Banate! | ||
 Map of Iloilo showing the location of Banate |
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| Coordinates: 11°03′N 122°47′E / 11.05°N 122.78°ECoordinates: 11°03′N 122°47′E / 11.05°N 122.78°E | ||
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| Region | Western Visayas (Region VI) | |
| Province | Iloilo | |
| Legislative district | 4th district of Iloilo | |
| Founded | 1763 (Re-established: 1843) | |
| Barangays | 18 | |
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| • Mayor | Carlos O. Cabangal, Jr. | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 102.89 km2 (39.73 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 32,532 | |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 5010 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)33 | |
| Income class | 4th class | |
| Website | www |
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Banate is a fourth class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. 51 kilometres (32 mi) north from the provincial capital of Iloilo. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 32,532 people.
The town has a port for boats that transport passengers and local products, like rice, bananas and mangoes to the island of Negros, which in turn, exports sugar to the town.
The town is primarily a fishing and agricultural municipality, with large areas planted with rice, sugarcane, vegetables, beans, coconut and bananas. Banate is well known for Kasag (crabs), ginamos, and the fresh fish, which local entrepreneurs take to and sell in the capital of the province, in many of the non-coastal towns, and even in Manila.
Banate is composed of 18 barangays, 7 of which are along the coast and the rest are in the interior uplands.
The settlement in Banate is of ancient origin. It was among the ancient organized territories of the Confederation of Madja-as in Panay (also called by the ancient Bornean migrants as the island of "Madya-as"), which the Spaniards found, when they came to the Island. It was known to the Spanish missionaries during the earliest dates of the colonization as Bobog. The Spanish Augustinian historian Fray Gaspar de San Agustin mentions it in an account about Dumangas and other coastal towns of the Island, where during the ancient time, there was a Principality and trade center that had the most illustrious nobilities in the whole island of Panay. Bobog (Banate), Araut, Anilao, and Hapitan were among the ancient coastal civilizations in Panay.
There are theories saying that the settlers from the powerful ancient thalassocratic Malay empire based on the island of Sumatra, modern day Indonesia (which influenced much of Southeast Asia) arrived in Banate at around 600 A.D., during the second wave of migration from the Sulawesi Island of the southern archipelago of Southeast Asia. First, the most northern part of Iloilo, Estancia, was settled. Some migrants moved to Batad, Balasan and Carles. Then, Ajuy was settled, and from there communities spread to inhabit the present Conception and San Dionesio area. In time, communities of Ajuy spread upland to populate the hamlet of Sara. The families of Sara spread to Lemery. Other families inhabit the coast of Bobog (Banate-Viejo), and traversed the mountain now San Rafael. Some families founded near the River Jalaud. Others moved further South and settled in Irong-irong and finally stopped at Ogtong. These independent coastal settlements were engaged in fishing, and settled near rivers.
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