Oton

Oton, officially the Municipality of Oton (; Kinaray-a: Banwa kang Oton, Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Oton, Tagalog: Bayan ng Oton), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 99,920 people, making it as the most populous town in the province and the entire Panay island. Oton is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of Iloilo City and is part of the Metro Iloilo–Guimaras area.

The town is the second oldest Spanish settlement in the Philippines after Cebu. It was founded in 1572 and later became the capital of the islands of Panay, Guimaras, Negros, Tablas, Sibuyan, and Romblon. Oton used to be the home of the gigantic-megalithic Old Oton Church, the grandest of all church complexes in the Visayas. The church and convent were damaged in 1948 and later demolished and replaced by an inferior structure, leading to the town's decline in religious importance. There have been calls for the full authentic restoration of the Old Oton Church Complex.