Barangay Traciano
In the year 1940, a war started here in the Philippines between the Japanese and the Spanish. In a place called Sitio Agsalay or Salay, Tan Serapin Advincula was captured and killed by the Japanese soldiers. The person who managed his vast land was his son, Ruperto Advincula, along with his wife Nina Advincula and their children Nito, Nilo, and Nene. However, one day, Ruperto Advincula also passed away, and his wife continued to manage the land.
Then came the government’s Land Reform Program, and the land was distributed to the farmers, who were given a Certificate of Land Transfer (CLT).
The name ‘Traciano’ originated from the ancestors of the Advincula family. It came from the names of the couple Tasing and Ciano, and from then on, it was called Barangay Traciano.
Traciano is a barangay in the municipality of Dumarao, in the province of Capiz. Its population as determined by the 2020 Census was 1,233. This represented 2.49% of the total population of Dumarao. It has a total of 9,134.9 square kilometers.
The barangay has an agricultural area of 404.35 hectares, 44.26% of its total land area. Agricultural lands consume largely for paddy rice (palay) along with corn, sugarcane and vegetables. Part of their agricultural diversification activities are livestock and backyard native chicken farming.
Geo- physical Hazards
Traciano isis exposed to 3 types of hazards: rain-induced flooding with low susceptibility levels, rain-induced landslides with 3 susceptibility levels: high moderate, and low, and KARST Subsidence.
Susceptible to low-level susceptibility for rain-induced flooding is 41.19 or 4.51% of the barangay total land area.
An area of 847.76 hectares or 92.81% of the total land area has a low susceptibility level for rain-induced landslide. Moderately susceptible is 38.29 hectares or 4.19%, while 27.43 hectares or 3% have low-level susceptibility.
Almost of the total land area of the barangay is high susceptible to subsidence having an area of 902.21 hectares or 98.77%.
Demographics
Household
The household population of Traciano in the 2020 Census was 1,233 broken down into 304 households or an average of 4.05 members per household.
Population by age group
According to the 2020 Census, the age group with the highest population in Traciano is 10-14, with 11.84% or 146 individuals. On the other hand, the age group with the lowest population is 80 and over, with 1.05% or a total of 13 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 33.09% (408). Those aged 15 up to 64, roughly, the economically active population and actual or potential members of the workforce, constitute a total of 59.61% (735). Finally, the old dependent population consisting of the senior citizens, those aged 65 and over, total 7.30% (90) in all.
Historical population
The population of Traciano grew from 889 in 1990 to 1,233 in 2020, an increase of 344 people over the course of 30 years. The latest census figures in 2020 denote a positive growth rate of 1.83%, or an increase of 102 people, from the previous population of 1,131 in 2015.
Adjacent barangays
Traciano shares a common border with the following barangay(s):
- Aglalana, Dumarao, Capiz
- San Juan, Dumarao, Capiz
- Taslan, Dumarao, Capiz
- Nueva Union, Passi, Iloilo