There was once a horse called Tamasak, a pure white stallion in the stead of one Don Simon Protacio."Nuevo", which translates to new, was added to the name to distinguish it from another town called Barotac Viejo located 26 kilometres (16 mi) north.The town is bordered by Pototan to the west, Dingle to the north-west, Anilao to the north-east, and Dumangas to the south.Poverty incidence of Barotac Nuevo Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] The town's agricultural output includes rice, sugar cane, and spinach.[20] Smart Communications has a cell site in the middle of the town providing voice, texting and data services over the GSM network.