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San Jose de Buenavista, officially the Municipality of San Jose de Buenavista (; ; ), is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
and capital of the
province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Antique An antique () 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 to describe any object that i ...
,
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,140 people, making it the most populous municipality in the province of Antique. It is often called simply San Jose. The municipality hosted the 2017 Palarong Pambansa.


History

The Spaniards arrived in Antique in 1581. With them came Augustinian friars who Christianized the inhabitants. Its original name was Tubigon, being still a part of the municipality of
Hamtic Hamtic, officially the Municipality of Hamtic (; ; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Antique (province), Antique, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 52,68 ...
. In 1733, it was renamed San José and in 1790 it acquired its municipality through land grants issued by Philippine Governor General Félix Berenguer de Marquina. Later, it became a
parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
with its first
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, Father Manuel Ibáñez. Some two hundred years ago, the site now occupied by San José de Buenavista was a dense jungle and a favorite landing place for pirates to raid the area. In 1802, by popular demand, San José de Buenavista became the capital of the province of Antique and Agustín Sumandi was appointed as its first
Gobernadorcillo The (, literally "little governor") was a municipal judge or governor in the Captaincy General of the Philippines, Philippines during the History of the Philippines (1565–1898), Spanish colonial period, who carried out in a town the combined ...
, a sort of local governor during the Spanish Colonial Era. On November 24, 1898, San Jose de Buenavista was captured by Philippine Revolutionary Expeditionary Forces led by Gen. Leandro Fullon from Cavite during the Battle of Antique after a 2-day struggle. The rest of the Antique province under Spanish authority surrendered to the revolutionary forces. In 1954, by the virtue of Executive Order No. 3 of the President of the Philippines, the southern portion of San Jose de Buenavista was formed into an independent municipality under the name of Hamtic. The boundary was described to be "From a point on the south bank of the mouth of Malandog River running northeasterly in a straight imaginary line to a point on the northeast side of the San Jose-Hamtic provincial road ten meters west of the intersection of this northeast side of said road with the northwest side of the Sibalom-Piapi-Malandog provincial road; thence following approximately the same direction in an imaginary line that is parallel to, and ten meters distant from the said Sibalom-Piapi-Malandog provincial road until it touches the present boundary between San Jose and Sibalom." The Evelio B. Javier Airport, the only airport serving commercial flights in the province of Antique, is located in San Jose.


Geography

San Jose de Buenavista is from
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, from
Kalibo Kalibo, officially the Municipality of Kalibo (Aklanon language, Aklanon: ''Banwa it Kalibo''; Hiligaynon language, Hiligaynon: ''Banwa sang Kalibo''; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality and capital of the Philippine Province, ...
, and from
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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.


Climate


Barangays

San Jose de Buenavista is politically subdivided into 28
barangay The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...
s. Each barangay consists of
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s and some have
sitios A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...
.


Demographics

In the 2020 census, San Jose de Buenavista had a population of 65,140. The population density was .


Language

Kinaray-a is the spoken language of the municipality. Kinaray-a came from the word "iraya", which refers to a group of people residing in the mountain areas of the province. Hiligaynon is spoken as a second language of the municipality.


Religion

San Jose is the
Episcopal see An episcopal see is the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, making it synonymous with ''diocese'' ...
of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose de Antique.


Economy


Government


Tourism

Since 1971, San Jose de Buenavista celebrates the
Binirayan Festival The Binirayan Festival is an annual month-long cultural festival in the province of Antique, Philippines, held every December. The festival commemorates the arrival of Malay migrants prior to the Spanish conquest, as documented in Maragtas, a c ...
during the final week of December. This festival involves a theatrical presentation commemorating founding of the first Malayan settlement or barangay in the country. San Jose celebrates its religious fiesta on May 1 to honor its patron saint,
Saint Joseph the Worker According to the Gospel, canonical Gospels, Joseph (; ) was a 1st-century Jews, Jewish man of Nazareth who was Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary, married to Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus ...
. Evelio Javier Freedom Park is located in front of the Antique Provincial Capitol building in San Jose de Buenavista. It is named for the late Governor Evelio Javier, who was shot by an unknown assassin on February 11, 1986. A marker in the park denotes the exact place of his death. Old and new buildings dot the town: the Old Capitol Building; Evelio B. Javier Memorabilia (New Capitol); Azurin Mansion; La Granja and Binirayan Hills; and the San Pedro Old Church.


Notable personalities

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Jerry Navarro Elizalde Jeremias "Jerry" Elizalde Navarro (22 May 1924 – 10 June 1999) was a Filipino artist. He was later proclaimed a National Artist. Early life and education As a young artist, Navarro was very passionate in creating new ways of art. He expe ...
- Philippine National Artist for Visual Arts - Painting * John Iremil Teodoro - Filipino writer, university professor and freelance journalist. He is also a multi-awarded poet and playwright, one of the country's leading pioneers in gay literature and the most published author in Kinaray-a to date. *
Alex C. Delos Santos Alex C. Delos Santos born on September 24, 1967, in San Jose, Antique An antique () 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 l ...
- a Karay-a writer and theater artist based in San Jose, Antique, the Philippines. His research and writing interests are in culture and arts and gay literature. * Richard Yee - Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the
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in the
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. *
Alberto A. Villavert Alberto Arcega Villavert (25 April 1903 – 1 March 1984) was a Filipino politician who led the Antique, Province of Antique between 1937 and 1946 both as an appointed and elected Governor. He was first elected as presidente municipal (town mayo ...
- Filipino Politician who led the Philippine Province of Antique between 1937 and 1946 both as an appointed and elected Governor. *Sunshine Teodorohttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm4441931/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm - Filipina Actress known for her work on Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story (2011), Feng Shui 2 (2014), Social Virus (2014) and Oro (2016) * Marian Capadocia - Tennis player *
Jose Romeo Lazo Jose Romeo Orquejo Lazo is a Filipino Catholic prelate. He is the Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro; he served as its sixth archbishop from 2018 until his resignation in 2025. and the sixth to have the title of archbishop. Early life Lazo was born o ...
- Archbishop of Jaro


References


External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Code*
Fishing Practices of the Community Folks and Sea Productivity in San Jose, Antique, Philippines
{{Philippine Provincial Capitals Municipalities of Antique (province) Provincial capitals of the Philippines