San Remigio, officially the Municipality of San Remigio (; ; ), is a

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in the

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, Philippines. 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.

History

On the morning of September 12, 1988, Mayor Gideon Cabigunda was on the road to meet with former members of the communist rebel group the

New People's Army The New People's Army (; abbreviated NPA or BHB) is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). It acts as the CPP's principal organization, aiming to consolidate political power from what it sees as the present "bourgeo ...

(NPA) who have surrendered when he and four of his security aides were assassinated by other NPA rebels. Romilo Sequrra, a 19-year-old rebel, later surrendered to authorities from the Philippine Air Force and admitted to being part of the group that committed the assassination.

Geography

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

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. 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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s. Each barangay consists of

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s and some have

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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 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

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

Religious pilgrimage

Every April thousands of people from Antique and nearby provinces go to the Diocesan Shrine of St. Vincent Ferrer of the

Iglesia Filipina Independiente The Philippine Independent Church (; ), officially referred to by its Philippine Spanish name (IFI) and colloquially called the Aglipayan Church, is an Independent Catholic, independent catholic Christian denomination, in the form of a Religi ...

in Barangay Baladjay. From April 1 until the last Sunday of April, which is the celebration of its feast day, masses are offered daily.

References

External links

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