CABATUAN, a municipality (with administration centre and 56 barrios or districts) of the province of Iloilo, Panay, Philip pine Islands, on a branch of the Suague river, 15 m. N. of Iloilo, the capital, and a few miles from the railway. Pop. (1918) 14,816, of whom none were white. The climate is healthful and the surrounding fertile country produces rice, corn, tobacco, sugar, coffee and many fruits. In 1918 it had 6o8 household in dustry establishments with an output valued at 126,400 pesos, and 9 sugar-mills. Of the 26 schools, 11 were public. The language spoken is a dialect of Bisayan.