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| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||
| Subdivision Name: | Philippines | ||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||
| Subdivision Type2: | Province | ||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||
| Established Date: | March 10, 1961 | ||
| Parts Type: | Barangays | ||
| Parts Style: | para | ||
| P1: | (see Barangays) | ||
| Leader Name: | Christopher H. Piccio | ||
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor | ||
| Leader Name1: | Darell B. dela Flor | ||
| Leader Name2: | Loren Legarda | ||
| Leader Title3: | Municipal Council | ||
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| Elevation Max M: | 237 | ||
| Elevation Min M: | 0 | ||
| Elevation Max Point: | Mount Igtangitang | ||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||
| Population Blank1 Title: | Households | ||
| Population Demonym: | Bilisongnun | ||
| Timezone: | PST | ||
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Belison (pronounced as //bɛˈlison//), officially the Municipality of Belison (Banwa kang Bilisong, pronounced as /[bɪˈlisʊŋ]/; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Belison; Tagalog: Bayan ng Belison), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,129 people. Making it the least populous, the smallest municipality in the province of Antique and the smallest in Panay island in both area and population.
Belison is the smallest (in area and population)[1] and the youngest municipality in the province of Antique.
Belison (Bilisong) was merely a barangay in the larger municipality of Patnongon, adjacent to the north. Belison barangay leaders and Manila-based label=none|Bilisongnuns (; ‘Belison residents’) mapped out a petition requesting the national government to make Belison an independent town. The petition was brought to Malacañan Palace on March 10, 1961, and through Presidential Executive Order No. 421 signed by President Carlos P. Garcia,[2] Belison was declared a municipality - the smallest and the youngest in the Province of Antique.
During World War II, Japanese war submarines and other marine craft found the shores of Belison easy entry points to Panay, and invaded the Western Visayas in that location. People still tell of the fear created by these foreign intruders, and also of the bravery of those who decided to resist, creating rebel strongholds in the mountainous areas above the municipality.
When the Japanese air raids would bomb Belison and the nearby communities, families from all around fled to Guinobatan Cave, high in the hills of barangay Buenavista. And when the American forces came, they too used the smooth sea landing in Belison, bringing relief food supplies to label=none|Bilisongnuns, and troops to attack the Japanese occupying forces. They often used local homes in the area to hide in while planning their strategies for assault against the enemy, and enlisted the help of brave men and women to carry out their plans.
Belison is from the provincial capital, San Jose de Buenavista.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of constituting of the 2729.17adj=mid2adj=mid total area of Antique.
The municipality is bounded on the east by San Remigio, southeast by Sibalom, south by San Jose de Buenavista, north by Patnongon, and west by the Cuyo East Pass.
Belison is politically subdivided into 11 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
The Poblacion, seat of the municipal government, is an urban barangay while the rest are considered rural.
In the 2020 census, Belison had a population of 14,129. The population density was NaN14,129/19.78.
Nine (9) of the leading Christian religious dominations in the Philippines established their presence in the town. Most label=none|Bilisongnuns are of Aglipayan ancestry.
Agriculture continues to be the heartbeat of the town. More than half of its land is riceland, while the rest are planted to corn, coconut, sugar cane and other production like vegetables and peanuts.
The Belison municipal seal was created to commemorate the agricultural heritage of the town, in order to preserve the legacy of the original settlers in the region. It depicts three mainstay agricultural activities:
Surrounding the great triangle are eleven stars – one representing each barangay in the town. The largest star at the bottom is for the Poblacion. Their strength lies in their connectivity to one another, and in their closeness to the traditions of the past.