Balete, Aklan

Balete is 21 kilometres (13 mi) from Kalibo, the provincial capital.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 118.93 square kilometres (45.92 sq mi) ^[6] constituting 6.53% of the 1,821.42-square-kilometre- (703.25 sq mi) total area of Aklan.

In the 2024 census, Balete had a population of 30,310.^[16] The population density was 250 inhabitants per square kilometre (650/sq mi).

Poverty incidence of Balete

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^{[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]}

In Balete, the Aklanon people-based piña industry preserves Filipino traditional weaving. Raquel Eliserio, as its cultural master won the AGAATI's Global Eco Artisan Awards 2021. She founded a haeab-ean (weaving area) in her Barangay Feliciano and another in neighboring Tangalan. Her over a hundred looms and piña fiber knotters utilize her unique suksuk or inlay. The counted warp and weft are pulled by cotton threads, numbered with Dicranopteris linearis sticks and the piña textile is inlaid with designs.^[25]

• Agtawagon Hill - located at the south-eastern portion of Barangay Morales, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) away from the town center. During the Philippine Revolution, the hill was the last line of defense of the Filipino patriots during the Spanish-Filipino conflict.^{[citation needed]} The same hill had served as camp for Filipino guerrillas during Japanese occupation during the Second World War.^{[citation needed]} Foxholes had been built on the summit of the hill overlooking potential enemy movement.

The Balete Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.^[26]

• Gabrielle Calizo-Quimpo - Filipino politician
• Jonha Richman - Filipino businesswoman and philanthropist