[4] The municipality of Tobias Fornier was formerly known as Dao until 1978 when it was given its current name by virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg.

[6] It is named after a Congressman from Antique, Tobias Abiera Fornier (1902–October 31, 1964).

It is 28 kilometres (17 mi) from the provincial capital, San Jose de Buenavista.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 112.12 square kilometres (43.29 sq mi) [10] constituting 4.11% of the 2,729.17-square-kilometre- (1,053.74 sq mi) total area of Antique.

Poverty incidence of Tobias Fornier Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]