Barangay Ongol Ilaya
When Spaniards came in the Philippines on the 16th century, one of them walked in our area and he met a man asking what the name of the place is. Then, the man was a deaf and he did not answer. Another man came and said that “that man was “bungol” which means “deaf”. As he came back from his group, they were asking if where he had been. He answered that he came from “UNGGOL” that sounds from the word “BUNGOL” as he forgot the right word he heard that he interpreted that it was the name of the place. Then the previous Mayor corrected the word “UNGGOL” to “ONGOL”, and he decided together with teniente de barrio to divide into two, since the area of Ongol is too big and the teniente del barrio could hardly facilitate the constituents due to lack of transportation and roads before, from now on they called Ongol Ilaya and Ongol Ilawod.
Ongol Ilaya is a rural barangay, and one of the lowland barangays of the municipality of Dumarao, province of Capiz. It has a total land area 2.7686 square kilometers.
The barangay has an agricultural area of 126.49 hectares, 45.69% of its total land area. Agricultural produce are palay and corn. Part of their agricultural diversification activities are livestock and backyard native chicken farming.
Geo- physical Hazards
Ongol Ilaya 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 108.945 hectares or 39% of the total barangay land area.
The entire barangay total land area is susceptible to low-level susceptibility for rain- induced landslide.
A portion of the barangay is susceptible to subsidence having an area of 143.71 hectares or 51.91% of the total barangay land area.
Demographics
Household
The household population of Ongol Ilaya in the 2020 Census was 815830 broken down into 212 households or an average of 3.92 members per household.
Population by age group
According to the 2020 Census, the age group with the highest population in Ongol Ilaya is 10 to 14, with 81 individuals. Conversely, the age group with the lowest population is 75 to 79, with 10 individuals.
Combining age groups together, those aged 14 and below, consisting of the young dependent population which include infants/babies, children and young adolescents/teenagers, make up an aggregate of 25.38% (203). Those aged 15 up to 64, roughly, the economically active population and actual or potential members of the work force, constitute a total of 65.00% (520). Finally, old dependent population consisting of the senior citizens, those aged 65 and over, total 9.63% (77) in all.
Historical population
The population of Ongol Ilaya fell from 843 in 1990 to 830 in 2020, a decrease of 13 people over the course of 30 years. The latest census figures in 2020 denote a positive growth rate of 0.38%, or an increase of 15 people, from the previous population of 815 in 2015.
Adjacent barangays
Ongol Ilaya shares a common border with the following barangay(s):
- Tinaytayan, Dumarao, Capiz
- Jambad, Dumarao, Capiz
- Poblacion Ilawod, Dumarao, Capiz
- Ongol Ilawod, Dumarao, Capiz
- Guinotos, Dumarao, Capiz
- Calapawan, Dumarao, Capiz