GEOGRAPHY
Location. The premier suburban municipality of Iloilo is strategically located at the centermost of the province. It lies within 122 29’ 15” and 122 36’ 35” East Longitude and within 10 35’ 15” and 10 35’ 10” North Latitude, with an elevation of 32.083 ft. above sea level. It is bounded on the north by the municipality of New Lucena, on the northeast by the municipality of Zarraga, on the southeast by the municipality of Leganes, on the south by the municipality of Pavia, on the southwest by the municipality of San Miguel and on the northwest by the municipality of Cabatuan.
It is 15.7 kilometers north or twenty-minute drive from the City of Iloilo, through a well-maintained asphalt/concrete national highway. It is accessible by any land transportation with the presence of a national highway, provincial, municipal and barangay road networks cutting and criss-crossing its environs.
Area. It has a land area of 13,196 hectares, ranks 29th among the 43 municipalities of the province and occupies 1.5% of all land in the Province of Iloilo. while only 25 % of the country and 62.5% of the province is under permanent cultivation, almost, 100% of Santa Barbara’s land is cultivated and alienable or disposable.
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
Administratively, the municipality of Santa Barbara comprises of 60 barangays, including the six (6) barangay zones situated in the poblacion created by the local legislative body in compliance with the provision of P.D. No. 86. These barangays possesses corporate powers and all corresponding names and numerical designation until changed or abolished by or ordinance.
