Barotac Nuevo is a municipality in the Iloilo province on the island of Panay, located in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. Approximately a one hour trip by auto from the provincial capital of Iloilo City, the town proper is a junction to the towns of Pototan, Dingle, Anilao and Dumangas.

The name "Barotac" is from the Spainish word "Baro," translated in English is called "mud," as well as the last syllables of "tac" and "lutac." With "Nuevo," translated as "new," added to the name, it distinguished it from another town called Barotac Viejo just north.

Lore has it that Barotac Nuevo was famous for its well-bred and most sought after equine stock, or horses. There was once a horse called Tamasak, a pure white stallion known for its strength, and in the stead of one Don Simon, and who was offered much if he could sell it to the Governor General of the country at that time, one Manuel Gonzales de Aguilar (1810-1813). Don Simon eventually sold Tamasak. But not for money, but for title, and separation from the town of Dumangas, which it was just a smaller section thereof. The barrio once known as "Mulatac," now stands the town of Barotac Nuevo. A small town, like Dumangas, whose main industry and capital is in agriculture, and made famous during the 1980's with a controversial, yet World-championship Little League baseball team. Barotac Nuevo is a provincial town with a church that was built during the 16th century by Spanish missionaries, and whose population to this day is predominantly Roman Catholic.

The infrastructure, buildings and main roads to and around Barotac Nuevo are well kept and paved, and a credit to the hard work of those whose charge it is to keep it maintained. The primary dialect spoken in this part of the province is Ilonggo. The weather, although mostly humid and warm, is tropical and prime in the agriculture in rice, sugar cane, tangkong (wild spinach) and other produce, including marine argriculture such as bangus (milkfish) and tilapia which is harvested from brackish water fisheries. There are at the least three annual rice harvests, depending on the season, and in an area is prone to flooding, monsoons and typhoons.