Igbon Island (variously Polopina Island or Balubadiangan Island) is an island and

barangay A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan ...

in northeastern

Iloilo Iloilo (), officially the Province of Iloilo ( hil, Kapuoran sang Iloilo; krj, Kapuoran kang Iloilo; tl, Lalawigan ng Iloilo), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is the City of Iloilo, the ...

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. It is part of the municipality of Concepcion. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 2,547. The island is moderately known in the Philippines for its scuba diving.

Location and geography

Igbon Island is east of

Panay Panay is the sixth-largest and fourth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of and has a total population of 4,542,926 as of 2020 census. Panay comprises 4.4 percent of the entire population of the country. The City o ...

Island in the

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. Part of the

Concepcion Islands The Concepcion Islands are 17 variously inhabited and uninhabited islands in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. The islands are politically subdivided into 11 island barangays and are part of the municipality of Concepcion. According to the 2010 c ...

, it is a wooded island and is at its highest point. Igbon is east of

Tago Island Tago Island is a mountain, which is also the eponymous whole island, in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is part of the municipality of Concepcion. Location and geography Mount Tago, covering the whole Tago Island, is east of Panay Island ...

. Other nearby islands include

Bulubadiangan Island Bulubadiangan Island (variously Bulobadiangan island or Bulubadiangan Islet) is a privately owned island in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is part of barangay Polopińa, Concepcion. The Sandbar Island Beach Resort on Bulubadiangan is modera ...

and Danao-Danao Island. Its sole

is Igbon, which has one school, the Claudia Morata Villarias Memorial School.

Natural disasters

Guimaras oil spill

On 11 August 2006, a tanker capsized off the coast of

Guimaras Guimaras , officially the Province of Guimaras ( hil, Kapuoran sang Guimaras; tl, Lalawigan ng Guimaras), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is Jordan while its largest local government ...

Island south of Panay. The tanker spilled over of oil into the Panay Gulf. By the end of August 2006, oil had covered more than of coastline. In September 2006, the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (RDCC) identified Igbon as one of 38 municipalities threatened by the oil spill.

Typhoon Haiyan

In 2013,

Typhoon Haiyan Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. On making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines. It is one of the ...

(locally known as ''Yolanda'') caused heavy damage to Igbon. The typhoon unexpectedly struck Igbon at low tide, although residents were able to take shelter near the mountain areas. Relief workers distributed food aid to island residents after the storm passed.

Location and geography

Natural disasters

Guimaras oil spill

Typhoon Haiyan

See also