Valderrama, officially the Municipality of Valderrama ( krj, Banwa kang Valderrama; hil, Banwa sang Valderrama; tl, Bayan ng Valderrama), is a 4th class

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in the

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,971 people. Making it 15th most populous municipality in the province of Antique and the second largest municipality in terms of land area, with a total area of 273.79 square kilometers. The area is home to the indigenous Iraynun-Bukidnon, speakers of a dialect of the Kiniray-a language, who have crafted the only rice terrace clusters in the

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through indigenous knowledge and sheer vernacular capabilities. The rice terraces of the Iraynun-Bukidnon are divided into three terraced fields, namely, Lublub rice terraces, Baking rice terraces, and San Agustin rice terraces. All of the rice terrace clusters have been researched on by the

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and various scholars from the

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. There have been campaigns to nominate the Iraynun-Bukidnon Rice Terraces, along with the central Panay mountain range, into the

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Etymology

The municipality was named after Spanish governor-general Manuel Blanco Valderrama.

Geography

Valderrama is 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.

Climate

Barangays

Valderrama is politically subdivided into 22

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Demographics

In the 2020 census, Valderrama had a population of 19,971. The population density was .

Economy

Government

The newly elected Mayor
Atty. Jocelyn L. Posadas
took her oath on June 21, 2016, after winning the elections May 9, 2016. The new set of the municipality's government officials are Josefino Castillion as Vice Mayor and 8 Sangguniang Bayan (SB) Members: Richel Pagayonan, Pedro Labanon, Jose Mervin Gonzales, Keking Otadoy, Mary Joyce Roquero, Christopher Maguad, Anthony Gade and Budak Pon-an.ivote.ph: Comelec Election Returns May 2016 Elections

References

External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Code Municipalities of Antique (province) {{WVisayas-geo-stub