[3] Igbaras celebrates its town fiesta annually on May 22 in honor of Santa Rita de Cascia.Thus Igbaras means "plenty of sand" which alludes to the nearby sandy river.As a result of the implementation of Spanish Governor-General Narciso Claveria's decree on giving Filipinos with Spanish surnames in 1849, inhabitants of Igbaras during that time were apportioned with surnames starting mostly with the letter E. Igbaras was fused with Guimbal in 1902 until the American regime made it a separate town on January 1, 1919.American soldiers water tortured Igbaras leaders then burned the village to the ground during the Philippine–American War[5] Igbaras has the distinction of having the first congressman elected to Congress in 1925–1928 in the person of Don Eugenio Ealdama, and the delegate to the 1935 Constitutional Convention, Don Mariano Ezpeleta who later served as Consul-General and ambassador to several countries.However, Hiligaynon, a vernacular commonly used in Iloilo City is understood by everyone and used mostly by students or those staying in the city.Poverty incidence of Igbaras Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] Secondary: Elementary and Primary: The Mayor is the chief executive of the town.