San Remigio, Antique

San Remigio
Municipality
Municipality of San Remigio
Aningalan Highlands in San Remigio
Flag
Map of Antique with San Remigio highlighted
OpenStreetMap
San Remigio Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°49′59″N122°05′15″E / 10.833092°N 122.087506°E / 10.833092; 122.087506
Country	Philippines
Region	Western Visayas
Province	Antique
District	Lone district
Founded	July 1, 1864
Named for	Saint Remigius
Barangays	45 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Margarito C. Mission Jr.
•  Vice Mayor	Eduardson G. Petinglay
•  Representative	Antonio Agapito B. Legarda Jr.
•  Municipal Council	Members Jessie Jemar V. Fama Felipe A. Victoriano Rodolfo V. Medina Jr. Sme J. Panes Pedro O. Francisco Jr. Goldwyn J. Cabigunda Nanette E. Cabigunda Rito G. Petinglay
•  Electorate	22,808 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	406.98 km2 (157.14 sq mi)
Elevation	407 m (1,335 ft)
Highest elevation (Mount Igdalig)	1,377 m (4,518 ft)
Lowest elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	34,045
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
•  Households	7,911
Economy
•  Income class	3rd municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	33.09 % (2018) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 189 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 404.6 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 127.7 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 230.3 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Antique Electric Cooperative (ANTECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	5714
PSGC	060614000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)36
Native languages	Karay-a Hiligaynon Tagalog

San Remigio, officially the Municipality of San Remigio (Kinaray-a : Banwa kang San Remigio; Hiligaynon : Banwa sang San Remigio; Tagalog : Bayan ng San Remigio), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,045 people. ^[3] 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 (NPA) who have surrendered when he and four of his security aides were assassinated by other NPA rebels. ^[5] 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. ^[6]

Geography

San Remigio is located at 10°49′59″N122°05′15″E / 10.833092°N 122.087506°E / 10.833092; 122.087506 . It is 21 kilometres (13 mi) north-east from the provincial capital, San Jose de Buenavista.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 406.98 square kilometres (157.14 sq mi)  ^[7] constituting 14.91% of the 2,729.17-square-kilometre- (1,053.74 sq mi) 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 47.815 square kilometres (18.461 sq mi) of land. Of this, 44.37 square kilometres (17.13 sq mi) is for food crops, 1.035 square kilometres (0.400 sq mi) is for permanent crops, and 2.41 square kilometres (0.93 sq mi) for commercial crops.

Climate

Climate data for San Remigio, Antique
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	30 (86)	31 (88)	32 (90)	33 (91)	32 (90)	30 (86)	29 (84)	28 (82)	28 (82)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)	30 (86)
Average low °C (°F)	21 (70)	21 (70)	21 (70)	23 (73)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	23 (73)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	19 (0.7)	17 (0.7)	26 (1.0)	37 (1.5)	119 (4.7)	191 (7.5)	258 (10.2)	260 (10.2)	248 (9.8)	196 (7.7)	97 (3.8)	39 (1.5)	1,507 (59.3)
Average rainy days	7.2	5.2	8.3	11.9	22.3	26.5	28.3	28.2	27.3	26.4	18.7	11.8	222.1
Source: Meteoblue [8]

Barangays

San Remigio is politically subdivided into 45 barangays. ^[9] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020 [3]		2010 [10]
060614001	Agricula	1.6%	547	494	▴	1.02%
060614002	Alegria	1.3%	431	422	▴	0.21%
060614003	Aningalan	1.8%	607	511	▴	1.74%
060614004	Atabay	0.5%	178	175	▴	0.17%
060614005	Bagumbayan	1.8%	612	484	▴	2.37%
060614006	Baladjay	1.9%	660	1,100	▾	−4.98%
060614007	Banbanan	0.8%	269	265	▴	0.15%
060614008	Barangbang	4.0%	1,362	1,150	▴	1.71%
060614009	Bawang	1.4%	470	441	▴	0.64%
060614010	Bugo	4.7%	1,600	1,586	▴	0.09%
060614011	Bulan-bulan	1.7%	565	541	▴	0.43%
060614012	Cabiawan	1.5%	502	449	▴	1.12%
060614013	Cabunga-an	1.3%	457	450	▴	0.15%
060614014	Cadolonan	2.8%	954	883	▴	0.78%
060614016	Carawisan I	1.6%	556	514	▴	0.79%
060614017	Carawisan II	1.7%	567	514	▴	0.99%
060614018	Carmelo I	1.4%	485	419	▴	1.47%
060614019	Carmelo II	1.2%	392	370	▴	0.58%
060614020	General Fullon	1.9%	630	613	▴	0.27%
060614021	General Luna	2.0%	672	603	▴	1.09%
060614023	Iguirindon	3.3%	1,117	1,064	▴	0.49%
060614024	Insubuan	0.9%	299	280	▴	0.66%
060614025	La Union	1.8%	629	504	▴	2.24%
060614026	Lapak	1.3%	427	425	▴	0.05%
060614027	Lumpatan	1.9%	646	602	▴	0.71%
060614028	Magdalena	1.9%	637	615	▴	0.35%
060614029	Maragubdub	2.0%	692	678	▴	0.20%
060614030	Nagbangi I (Amatong)	2.0%	664	700	▾	−0.53%
060614031	Nagbangi II	1.4%	491	484	▴	0.14%
060614033	Nasuli	1.5%	502	473	▴	0.60%
060614022	Orquia (Igcatumbal)	0.6%	218	207	▴	0.52%
060614034	Osorio I	2.2%	757	717	▴	0.54%
060614035	Osorio II	2.5%	865	843	▴	0.26%
060614036	Panpanan I	3.8%	1,302	1,350	▾	−0.36%
060614037	Panpanan II	1.4%	475	494	▾	−0.39%
060614015	Poblacion (Calag-itan)	5.4%	1,836	1,670	▴	0.95%
060614039	Ramon Magsaysay	2.1%	701	647	▴	0.80%
060614040	Rizal	0.8%	280	273	▴	0.25%
060614041	San Rafael	3.6%	1,228	1,187	▴	0.34%
060614042	Sinundolan	5.5%	1,875	1,856	▴	0.10%
060614043	Sumaray	1.5%	497	345	▴	3.72%
060614044	Trinidad	3.2%	1,092	1,056	▴	0.34%
060614045	Tubudan	1.8%	610	459	▴	2.88%
060614046	Vilvar	1.4%	477	446	▴	0.67%
060614047	Walker	3.2%	1,102	1,087	▴	0.14%
	Total		34,045	30,446	▴	1.12%

Demographics

Population census of San Remigio

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	4,361	—
1918	6,241	+2.42%
1939	10,035	+2.29%
1948	11,536	+1.56%
1960	13,293	+1.19%
1970	16,567	+2.22%
1975	17,134	+0.68%
1980	19,208	+2.31%
1990	21,682	+1.22%
1995	22,869	+1.00%
2000	26,079	+2.86%
2007	28,401	+1.18%
2010	30,446	+2.56%
2015	31,935	+0.91%
2020	34,045	+1.27%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [10] [12] [13]

In the 2020 census, San Remigio had a population of 34,045. ^[3] The population density was 84 inhabitants per square kilometre (220/sq mi).

Economy

The municipality of San Remigio produced^{[ when? ]} a total of 13,074.02 metric tons of palay in an area of 41.87 square kilometres (16.17 sq mi) of which only 22.00% are irrigated and the rest are rain fed and upland area.

San Remigio has a road network of 187.452 kilometres (116.477 mi). Based on administrative classification, 42.696 kilometres (26.530 mi) are municipal roads and 136.124 kilometres (84.584 mi) are barangay roads. There are eleven bridges in the municipality with a total length of 321.391 kilometres (199.703 mi).

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. ^[21] The rivers are rich with gem stones and the biggest flower Rafflesia can be seen in the upland barangays of Tubudan and La Union.

Religious pilgrimage

Every April, thousands of people coming from different towns and even nearby provinces of various religious denominations flock the Diocesan Shrine of St. Vincent Ferrer of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente in Barangay Baladjay known as Banwang Daan ("Old Town"). The original statue of St. Vincent Ferrer is believed to be miraculous. From April 1 until the last Sunday of April, which is the celebration of its feast day, masses are offered daily. Faithfuls light candles, offer flowers and do the "palapak".

References

1.   Municipality of San Remigio | (DILG)
2. "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN   0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
3. Census of Population (2020). "Region VI (Western Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
5. Tenerife, Eric (September 13, 1988). "Antique mayor, aides slain". Manila Standard . Standard Publications, Inc. p. 6. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
6. Kua, Nixon; Ignacio, Bert (September 16, 1988). "2 rebels yield, one captured". Manila Standard . Standard Publications, Inc. p. 6. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
7. "Province: Antique". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 12 November 2016.
8. "San Remigio: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
9. "Municipal: San Remigio, Antique". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 8 January 2016.
10. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VI (Western Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
11. Census of Population (2015). "Region VI (Western Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
12. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VI (Western Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
13. "Province of Antique". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
14. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
15. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
16. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
17. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
18. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
19. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
20. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
21. "San Remigio". Official Antique Website. 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code