The name Majanos, of Malayan in origin, could mean "lowland" for this is the only town in the Province of Aklan that has no highland or even a small hill.

When the ten Malay Datus arrived from Borneo, they bought the island of Panay, formerly called the Aninipay from the Aeta Chief Marikudo.

[citation needed] The eighteenth century records in the national archive and historical sketches by some local chroniclers show that there were two names mentioned pertaining to the town of Numancia.

Since the confederation has expanded to include Lusong, Buglas, Rorom, Sugbo and Mait, volumes of trades increased.

From the death of Balinganga up to the arrival of Legaspi in 1570, several successors has ruled the province of Aklan and the seat of the government was transferred to different places due to demographic movement and the exigency of time.

The old site of Madjanos, which is quite neglected, was renamed Laguinbanwa meaning "old town" in 1620 to revive the former vitality of the community.

Fearing hell and the ire of the church authorities, the people were docile followers of the priests and hence, they found it necessary to hear mass and made confessions for the absolutions of their sins.

In view of this, the residents of Laguinbanwa and Guicod petitioned to the bishop of Cebu and the Military governor of the Visayas to allow them to build their own church and to have a separate municipality explaining their problems and difficulties.

After assessing the situation, the Bishop of Cebu and the military governor of the Visayas considered that the people of Laguinbanwa and Guicod are capable of providing tribute tax to run their own municipality informed the leaders of Laguinbanwa that they interpose no objection to their objection to separate from Kalibo.

A delegation from Laguinbanwa headed by Silvino Kimpo met the representative of the bishop and the military governor of the Visayas in Kalibo where they talked about their petition.

When they were asked where to place their town and where to build their church, they explained that the consensus of the people in Laguinbanwa, Madjanos, and Lauan and also Guicod was to put the Poblacion in what is now the site of Numancia being the center of these communities.

So in 1856 Numancia was constituted as a municipality with Silvino Kimpo as the First Head of Kapitan Basal The appointment was approved by the Provincial Chief Executive and carried a term of two years.

So on March 4, 1904, an executive order was passed fusing Banga, Lezo, Numancia, and Kalibo into one municipality.

Numancia is bounded on the east by Kalibo, the north by the Sibuyan Sea, the west by Makato, and the south by Lezo.

Currently, barangays Poblacion, Bulwang, Laguinbanua East and West are considered urban while the rest are classified as rural.

Poverty Incidence of Numancia Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Numancia's tourist attractions include beach resort situated along coastline barangays like the Doña Crispina Beach Resort and Hotel and other existing Beach resorts in Barangay Navitas and in Barangay Camanci Norte and Nadal Castle in Laguinbanua West (Nadal Castle is already closed; Allegedly due to bankruptcy).