Balete, Aklan

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 118.93 square kilometres (45.92 sq mi) [5] constituting 6.53% of the 1,821.42-square-kilometre- (703.25 sq mi) total area of Aklan.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.
Alternate flag of Balete
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