San Remigio, officially the Municipality of San Remigio ( krj, Banwa kang San Remigio; hil, Banwa sang San Remigio; tl, Bayan ng San Remigio), is a 3rd class

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

Antique An antique ( la, antiquus; 'old', 'ancient') is an item perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance, and often defined as at least 100 years old (or some other limit), although the term is often used loosely ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,045 people. Making it 10th most populous municipality in the province of Antique and the largest municipality in terms of land area, with a total area of 406.98 square kilometers.

Geography

San Remigio is located at . It is north-east from the provincial capital,

San Jose de Buenavista San Jose de Buenavista, officially the Municipality of San Jose de Buenavista, ( krj, Banwa kang San Jose de Buenavista; hil, Banwa sang San Jose de Buenavista; tl, Bayan ng San Jose de Buenavista), is a 1st class municipality and capital of th ...

. According to the

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, the municipality has a land area of constituting of the total area of Antique. Almost 70% of its land area are mountainous and the remaining 30% comprise the flat lowland and rolling hills. Agriculture occupies of land. Of this, is for food crops, is for permanent crops, and for commercial crops.

Climate

Barangays

San Remigio is politically subdivided into 45

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Demographics

In the 2020 census, San Remigio had a population of 34,045. The population density was .

Economy

The municipality of San Remigio produced a total of 13,074.02 metric tons of

palay Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticated ...

in an area of of which only 22.00% are irrigated and the rest are rain fed and upland area. San Remigio has a road network of . Based on administrative classification, are municipal roads and are barangay roads. There are eleven bridges in the municipality with a total length of . One major contributor to the economic activity of the town is the remittances of the overseas contract workers.

Natural attractions

San Remigio is host to natural attractions like the Igbaclag Cave, Bato Cueva, Kanyugan Cave, Magpungay Cave, Pula Falls, Timbaban Falls and Batuan Falls, the lakes of Maylumboy and Danao, the stone of Datu Sumakwel, Bato Bintana and White Castle Stone, and the mountain ranges of San Remigio. The rivers are rich with gem stones and the biggest flower

Rafflesia ''Rafflesia'' () is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flowers i ...

can be seen in the upland barangays of Tubudan and La Union.

Religious pilgrimage

Every April, thousands of people coming from different towns and even nearby provinces of various religious denominations flock the Diocesan Shrine of St. Vincent Ferrer of the

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in Barangay Baladjay known as ''Banwang Daan'' ("Old Town"). The original statue of St. Vincent Ferrer is believed to be miraculous. From April 1 until the last Sunday of April, which is the celebration of its feast day, masses are offered daily. Faithfuls light candles, offer flowers and do the "palapak".

References

External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Code {{Authority control Municipalities of Antique (province)