Dao is a 4th class municipality in the province of Capiz, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 30,623 people in 5,921 households. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Capiz is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Barangays
Dao is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
Capiz is (unfairly) rumored to have a number of aswang and covens of witches.
It is said that in Capiz in 1570, the Datu Bankaya’s wife of the Aklan district gave birth to twin daughters.
Capiz, which was part of Aklan in pre-Spanish times, was one of the early settlements of the Malayas, centuries before the coming of the Spaniards to the Philippines.