Ivisan, officially the Municipality of Ivisan ( Capiznon/ Hiligaynon: ''Banwa sang Ivisan''; ), is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

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Capiz Capiz (), officially the Province of Capiz (Capiznon language, Capiznon/Hiligaynon language, Hiligaynon: ''Kapuoran sang Capiz''; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the central part of the Western Visayas Regions of the Philippines ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 31,278 people. Ivisan is from the provincial capital,

Roxas City Roxas (, ), officially the City of Roxas (Capiznon language, Capiznon/; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Capiz, Philippines. According to the 2 ...

. The current mayor is Jose Noel N. Yap who won in the 2007 elections. He is the brother of former Ivisan mayor Felipe Neri Yap and the son of former mayor Amelia Yap who only finished two terms as mayor.

Geography

Barangays

Ivisan is politically subdivided into 15

barangay The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...

s. Each barangay consists of

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s and some have

sitios A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...

. * Agmalobo * Agustin Navarra (Agumang - ang) * Balaring * Basiao * Cabugao * Cudian * Ilaya-Ivisan (Yabton) * Malocloc Norte * Malocloc Sur (Mahayag) * Matnog * Mianay * Ondoy *

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Norte * Poblacion Sur * Santa Cruz

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Ivisan was 31,278 people, with a density of .

Economy

References

External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census Information
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