San Enrique, officially the Municipality of San Enrique (, ), is a

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in the

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Iloilo Iloilo ( ; ), officially the Province of Iloilo (; ; ; ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital and largest city is Iloilo City, the regional center of Western Visayas and politically independen ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,911 people. San Enrique is from the provincial capital,

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Geography

Barangays

San Enrique is politically subdivdied into 28 barangays. Each barangay consists of

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s and some have

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. * Abaca * Asisig * Bantayan * Braulan * Cabugao Nuevo * Cabugao Viejo * Camiri * Compo * Catan-Agan * Cubay * Dacal * Dumiles * Garita * Gines Nuevo * Imbang Pequeño * Imbesad-an * Iprog * Lip-ac * Madarag * Mapili * Paga * Palje * Poblacion Ilawod * Poblacion Ilaya * Quinolpan * Rumagayray * San Antonio * Tambunac

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of San Enrique, Iloilo, was 36,911 people, with a density of . In the 1995 National Census, it had a registered total household population of 25,572, an increase of 875 over the 1990 total population of 24,697. Aside from the prevailing inhabitants of this municipality, the transient ethnic groups that frequent this place belongs to the cultural minority, the

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s or Negriteos. They are seasonally around during the planting and harvesting of sugarcane.

References

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