Antequera, officially the Municipality of Antequera ( ceb, Munisipalidad sa Antequera; tgl, Bayan ng Antequera), is a 4th class

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in the

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,990 people. Located north of

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, popular places of interest in Antequera are the weekly basket market and Mag-Aso Falls. The Mag-Aso falls, whose cascading waters run into natural pools, were greatly altered by the 2013 Bohol earthquake and even more so by flash floods caused by Tropical Storm Seniang in December 2014.

History

The early inhabitants of the area were the

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, who lived in western Bohol, including the lowlands of Antequera at the present barangay of Viga, from the 7th century until the early 17th century. Originally the town was a barangay of Maribojoc known as Agad. Migration from surrounding coastal areas increased the population and created many new

sitio A ''sitio'' (Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own barangay if its popul ...

s. On 17 March 1876, the

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signed a decree that made Agad and all its sitios a new municipality. That same year, the governor of the district of Bohol, Joaquin Bengoechia, enacted the law that finalized the boundaries and appointed its first mayor, Simeon Villas. The new municipality was named after the home town in Spain of Bengoechia. In 1899, the town of

Catigbian Catigbian, officially the Municipality of Catigbian ( ceb, Munisipyo sa Catigbian; tgl, Bayan ng Catigbian), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 23,805 people. ...

was abolished, and the barangays of Caimbang, San Isidro, and Causwagan were added to Antequera. But it lost these barangays, along with half of Cansague, when Catigbian was reestablished on 17 June 1949. On 10 January 1970, the municipality of San Isidro was formed, taking the barangays of Cambansag, Abehilan, and Baunos from Antequera.

Geography

Barangays

Antequera comprises 21 barangays:

Climate

Demographics

Economy

The primary economic activities are farming, handicraft or cottage industries (especially

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), and carpentry (including bamboo and wood furniture making). Its main agricultural produce comprises coconut, rice, corn, rootcrops, and vegetables. Total annual income in 2010 was ₱35,960,730

Government

List of former chief executives

List of former mayors of Antequera: * Vicente Tambis - 1896–1897 * Julian Calipes - 1909–1911 * Pedro Omila - 1912–1915 * Eufemio Morgia - 1919–1922 * Eustaquio Tambis - 1922–1925 * Eufemio Morgia - 1926–1934 * Luis Gementiza - 1934–1937 * Luis Gementiza - 1938–1940 * Demetrio Jadulco - 1940–1941 * Leoncio Paña - 1943–1945 * Eufemio Morgia - 1944 * Demetrio Jadulco - 1945–1946 * Luis Gementiza - 1946–1951 * Sabino Rebosura - 1952–1963 * Conrad Vallestero - 1963 * Isabelito Tongco - 1964–1992 * Vicente Nunag - 1987–1988 * Arnulfo Labendia - 1992 * Felipe Gementiza - 1992–1998 * Samuel Rebosura - 1998–2007 * Cecelia Rebosura - 2007–2010 * Jose Mario Pahang - 2010–2019 * Lil Nunag - 2019–present

Gallery

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References

Sources

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External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Municipality of Antequera
{{Authority control Municipalities of Bohol