Nueva Valencia, officially the Municipality of Nueva Valencia (; ), is a municipality in the province of Guimaras, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
The town is known for its numerous white sand beaches, including the popular Alubihod Beach and Taklong Island Beach, as well as islets such as the islands of Guiwanon (or Guiuanon), Panobolon, among others.
Nueva Valencia derives its name from the Spanish period, when the area near present-day Guisi was selected as the site for a lighthouse to guide ships through the Iloilo Strait. The nearby settlement was initially called Santa Ana, after the patron saint believed to provide protection from storms. As the population increased, Spanish authorities established the town and named it Valencia, after a town in Spain with the same patron saint. When the municipal seat later moved to Barrio Igang, the town was renamed Nueva Valencia, meaning âÂÂNew Valencia,â while the former center became a barrio known as Santa Ana.
It was the site of the Guimaras oil spill in August 2006, when the oil tanker MT Solar 1 sank a few kilometers from Nueva Valencia.
Also, the town of Nueva Valencia is a part of the Metro IloiloâÂÂGuimaras area, centered on Iloilo City.
Nueva Valencia is from Jordan.
Nueva Valencia is politically subdivided into 22 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
In the 2024 census, the population of Nueva Valencia was 43,822 people, with a density of .
The Guisi Lighthouse, considered the second oldest lighthouse in the Philippines, is also one of the attractions in the municipality.
There are two schools district offices which govern all educational institutions within the municipality. They oversee the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools. These are the: