{{Short description|Island in the Philippines}} {{Infobox islands | name = Naboctot Island | local_name = ''Isla sa Naboctot'' | native_name_link = | native_name_lang = | sobriquet = <!-- or |nickname = --> | image_name = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt = | map = Visayas | map_alt = | map_width = | map_caption = Location within the Visayas, Philippines | map_relief = 1 | label = | label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|11|51|27|N|123|46|6|E|type:isle_region:PH|display=inline,title}} | location = | archipelago = Philippine | waterbody = Visayan Sea | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 0.09 | area_footnotes = | rank = | length_km = <!-- or |length_m = --> | length_footnotes = | width_km = <!-- or |width_m = --> | width_footnotes = | coastline_km = <!-- or |coastline_m = --> | coastline_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_footnotes = | highest_mount = | Country_heading = | country = {{PHL}} | country_admin_divisions_title = Region | country_admin_divisions = Bicol | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Province | country_admin_divisions_1 = Masbate | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipality | country_admin_divisions_2 = Placer | country_admin_divisions_title_3 = Barangay | country_admin_divisions_3 = Naboctot | demonym = | population = 1,358 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = | population_rank = | population_rank_max = | density_km2 = 15,088 | density_rank = | density_footnotes = | ethnic_groups = Cebuano <br> Masbateño | website = | additional_info = }}
'''Naboctot''' is an island barangay of the municipality of Placer, Masbate, Philippines.<ref>{{cite web|title=Placer, Masbate|url=https://lgu201.dilg.gov.ph/view.php?r=05&p=041&m=17|website=DILG LGU Profile|accessdate=2022-10-20}}</ref> The island is situated in the Visayan Sea, a sea in between the islands of Cebu, Leyte, Masbate, Negros and Panay. The sea is known for one of the country's major fishing grounds. The residents of Naboctot are mostly fisherfolks. It is becoming a tourist spot for local travelers, because of that, House Bill 8726 was passed by congress in 2019, declaring Naboctot as an ecotourism zone.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill on Masbate ecozone passed|url=https://www.manilastandard.net/news/national/294995/bill-on-masbate-ecozone-passed.html|website=Manila Standard|date=2019-05-17}}</ref> The island is often times spelled as '''''Nabuctot'''''.
According to the 2020 census, Naboctot's total population is 1,358.<ref>{{cite web|title=Population of Barangay Naboctot (2020)|url=https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/brgydetail/0504117021|website=Philippine Statistics Authority|access-date=2025-05-07}}</ref> The island has an elementary school named Felifranco R. Avenido Sr. Memorial Elementary School and a diesel power plant operated by NAPOCOR.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nabuctot Diesel Power Plant|url=https://www.napocor.gov.ph/index.php/49-missionary-electrification/luzon/bod/394-nabuctot-dpp|website=National Power Corporation|date=2018-08-07|accessdate=2022-10-20|url-status=dead|archive-date=2022-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020052434/https://www.napocor.gov.ph/index.php/49-missionary-electrification/luzon/bod/394-nabuctot-dpp}}</ref>
==See also==
* List of islands by population density
==References==
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Category:Islands of Masbate