Roxas, officially the Municipality of President Manuel A. Roxas, is a 5th 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

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Zamboanga del Norte Zamboanga del Norte ( Cebuano: ''Amihanang Zamboanga''; Subanon: ''Utara Sembwangan''; tl, Hilagang Zamboanga), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Norte, is a province in the Philippines situated within the Zamboanga Peninsula region in ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 39,198 people.

History

The municipality of Pres. Manuel A. Roxas was first created from the municipality of

Katipunan The Katipunan, officially known as the Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or Kataastaasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (KKK; en, Supreme and Honorable Association of the Children of the Nation ...

in 1965 by President Diosdado Macapagal through Presidential Proclamation No. 177. However, its creation was questioned by Vice President

Emmanuel Pelaez Emmanuel Neri Pelaez (November 30, 1915 – July 27, 2003) was a Filipino public servant and politician who served as the 6th Vice President of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965. Early life and career Pelaez was born in Medina, Misamis (now ...

, and was later reverted by the Supreme Court of the Philippines as one of Katipunan's barangays. On June 17, 1967, through the effort of former Congressman Alberto Q. Ubay, Republic Act No. 5077 was lapsed into law without President Ferdinand Marcos's signature, carving out from Katipunan once more.

Geography

Barangays

Roxas is politically subdivided into 31

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Climate

Demographics

Economy

References

External links

Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte Profile at PhilAtlas.com
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census Information
Municipalities of Zamboanga del Norte {{ZamboangaP-geo-stub