Barangay Guinotos
Long ago, before the Spanish occupation in the late 1800s, there was a village called GIN-GUTOS located in the Northeastern portion of the municipality. Old folks claimed that the village once rested not too near the river as it is today and that the name Gin-gutos was derived from the downstream of the river.
It was said that during the rainy season, the river swells and inundates giving rise to new river paths. It was the flow of the river in its new path towards the village that made the villagers come to call their place Gin-gutos. “Gutos” is a local dialect which means to walk the path or to pass through it, Gin-gutos locally means walking or flowing, in the case of the river, towards the place.
Upon the arrival of the Spaniards, the place Gin-gutos came to be known as GUINOTOS, or “the place where the river came flowing towards it.”
Guinotos is a rural barangay, and one of the lowland barangays in the municipality of Dumarao, province of Capiz. It has a total land area of 1.9113 square kilometers. Its population as determined by the 2020 Census was 737. This represented 1.49% of the total population of Dumarao.
The barangay has an agricultural area of 171.30 hectares, 89.62% of its total land area. Agricultural produce are palay, cassava, corn, banana, coffee and coconut. Part of their agricultural diversification activities are livestock and backyard native chicken farming.
Geo- physical Hazards
Guinotos is exposed to 3 types of hazards: rain-induced flooding with low susceptibility level, rain-induced landslides with low susceptibility level, and KARST Subsidence.
Susceptible to low-level flooding is 178.81 hectares or 93.55% of the total barangay land area.
The entire barangay area has a low susceptibility level for rain-induced landslides.
Similar to landslides, the entire barangay area is susceptible to high subsidence.
Demographics
Household
The household population of Guinotos in the 2020 Census was 737 broken down into 199 households or an average of 3.70 members per household.
Population by age group
According to the 2020 Census, the age group with the highest population in Guinotos is 20 to 24, with 73 individuals. On the other hand, the age group with the lowest population is 75 to 79, with 10 individuals.
Combining age groups, those aged 14 and below, consisting of the young dependent population which includes infants/babies, children, and young adolescents/teenagers, make up an aggregate of 24.69% (182). Those aged 15 up to 64, roughly, the economically active population and actual or potential members of the workforce, constitute a total of 64.72% (477). Finally, the old dependent population consisting of the senior citizens, those aged 65 and over, total 10.58% (78) in all.
Historical population
The population of Guinotos grew from 715 in 1990 to 737 in 2020, an increase of 22 people over the course of 30 years. The latest census figures in 2020 denote a positive growth rate of 0.58%, or an increase of 20 people, from the previous population of 717 in 2015.
Adjacent barangays
Guinotos shares a common border with the following barangay(s):
- Poblacion Ilawod, Dumarao, Capiz
- Ongol Ilaya, Dumarao, Capiz
- Calapawan, Dumarao, Capiz
- Malonoy, Dumarao, Capiz
- Janguslob, Dumarao, Capiz