Tigbauan, officially the Municipality of Tigbauan (; ; ), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,245 people. Etymology The Maragtas Legend tells that in the 13th century, ten Bornean datus or chieftains left their homeland in the island of Borneo. In order to escape the cruel tyranny of their king, Sultan Makatunaw, they sailed towards the north in their long boats called balang-hais or balangays. They landed on the island of Panay, in order to live a life of unrestricted freedom. The ten Bornean datus or chieftains were led by Datu Puti. They bought the island of Panay from Datu Marikudo, the native chieftain of the Aetas or Negritos. For Panay Island, they paid Datu Marikudo with one golden salakot (headgear), and one gold necklace for his wife Maniwantiwan. (The Aetas or Negritos then went on to live in the mountains.) After the purchase of Panay, it was divided among three Bornean chieftains, namely Datu Sumakwel for Hamtik (Antique), Datu Bankaya for Aklan-Capiz, and Datu Paiburong for Irong-irong (Iloilo). Datu Puti and the rest of the Bornean Chieftains left for Luzon. The population increased mostly in the Siruwagan area (presently located in San Joaquin, Iloilo), where most of the Borneans settled down. And so, families from the tribes of Labing-isog and Mangwalis decided to settle elsewhere in Panay. They sailed in their long boats, and followed the course of the rising sun. They landed on a place which they immediately called “Katigbawan” because of the thick growth of a species of giant grass or tall reeds on this place, known to them in their native dialect as “tigbaw”. The famous Spanish Jesuit Historian Fray Pedro Chirino, SJ, called this place “Campo de Suaraga” (a field of reeds). The Maragtas Legend identified “Katigbawan”, (a field of reeds) as between a big creek, now known as Buyu-an Creek, in the south-west, and two big rivers in the north-east, now known as the Tacuyong and Sibalom Rivers. (This area being identified and referred to, is occupied by Barangay Parara Sur and Barangay Parara Norte in Tigbauan, Iloilo.) A form of local government was functioning well in “Katigbawan”, when the Spaniards discovered it sometime in 1575. That year (1575), the Spaniards came from their Administrative Center in La Villa Rica de Arevalo, and established the “Pueblo de Tigbauan”, having