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Banton Island

Banton, officially the Municipality of Banton, is a municipality in the province of , . According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 5,848 people.
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Photo: Lawrence ruiz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Philippines
  • Also known as: “Banton”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fuerza de San José and Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Church.

Fort
Photo: Joannerfabregas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 17th-century Spanish fortification located in the municipality of , on the homonymous island, in , . Together with Fuerza de San Andrés and Fuerza de Santiago, it is part of the ancient fortification system…

Church
Photo: Joannerfabregas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Parish Church, commonly known as Banton Church, is a Roman Catholic church in the municipality of in province in the .

Memorial
Photo: National Historical Commission of the Philippines, Public domain.
is a memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Banton.

Town
Photo: Lawrence ruiz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, officially the Municipality of , is a municipality in the province of , . According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 5,848 people.

Banton Island

Latitude
12.93382° or 12° 56′ 2″ north
Longitude
122.06609° or 122° 3′ 58″ east
Elevation
444 metres (1,457 feet)
Open location code
7Q44W3M8+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 691637198
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1726958
Wiki­data ID
Q4857246
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Satellite Map

Discover Banton Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Tagalog—“Banton Island” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Banton”
  • Cebuano: “Banton Island”
  • Cebuano: “Banton”
  • Cebuano: “Pulo sa Banton”
  • Chinese: “班頓”
  • Chinese: “班頓島”
  • Dutch: “Banton Eiland”
  • Dutch: “Banton”
  • German: “Banton-Insel”
  • German: “Banton”
  • Japanese: “バントン”
  • Japanese: “バントン島”
  • Papiamento: “Banton”
  • Spanish: “Banton”
  • Spanish: “isla de Banton”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Banton”
  • Tagalog: “Banton”
  • Tagalog: “Isla Banton”
  • Tagalog: “Isla ng Banton”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng Banton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Banton Island”. Photo: Lawrence ruiz, CC BY-SA 4.0.