[3] Balud is 68 kilometres (42 mi) from Masbate City.

The name Balud came from the name of the Pink-bellied imperial pigeon (Ducula poliocephala).

Balud was created as a municipality through Executive Order No.

In the 2020 census, the population of Balud, Masbate, was 40,155 people,[3] with a density of 170 inhabitants per square kilometre or 440 inhabitants per square mile.

Poverty incidence of Balud Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]