San Remigio, Antique


San Remigio, officially the Municipality of San Remigio, is a municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the, it has a population of people. 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 who have surrendered when he and four of his security aides were assassinated by other NPA rebels. 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.

Geography

San Remigio is located at. It is north-east from the provincial capital, San Jose de Buenavista.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of constituting of the 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 of land. Of this, is for food crops, is for permanent crops, and for commercial crops.

Barangays

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

Demographics

In the 2024 census, San Remigio had a population of 36,170. The population density was.

Economy

The municipality of San Remigio produced a total of 13,074.02 metric tons of palay in an area of of which only 22.00% are irrigated and the rest are rain fed and upland area.
San Remigio has a road network of. Based on administrative classification, are municipal roads and are barangay roads. There are eleven bridges in the municipality with a total length of.
One major contributor to the economic activity of the town is the remittances of the overseas contract workers.

Tourism

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

Culture

Religious pilgrimage

Every April thousands of people from Antique and nearby provinces go to the Diocesan Shrine of St. Vincent Ferrer of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente in Barangay Baladjay. From April 1 until the last Sunday of April, which is the celebration of its feast day, masses are offered daily.

Education

There are two schools district offices which govern all educational institutions within the municipality. They oversee the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools. These are the:
  • San Remigio I Schools District
  • San Remigio II Schools District

Primary and elementary schools

  • Agricula Elementary School
  • Alegria Elementary School
  • Aningalan Elementary School
  • Atabay Primary School
  • Bagumbayan Elementary School
  • Banbanan Elementary School
  • Barangbang Elementary School
  • Bawang Elementary School
  • Bugo Central School
  • Bulan-Bulan Elementary School
  • Cabiawan Elementary School
  • Cabunga-an Elementary School
  • Cacao Primary School
  • Cadolonan Elementary School
  • Calag-itan Central School
  • Carawisan Elementary School
  • Carmelo I Elementary School
  • Carmelo II Elementary School
  • General Fullon Elementary School
  • General Luna Elementary School
  • Gideon M. Cabigunda MS
  • Iguirindon Elementary School
  • Insubuan Elementary School
  • La Union Elementary School
  • Lapak Elementary School
  • Magdalena Elementary School
  • Mayor Antonio MS
  • Maragubdub Elementary School
  • Nagbangi I Elementary School
  • Nagbangi II Elementary School
  • Orquia Primary School
  • Osorio I Elementary School
  • Osorio II Elementary School
  • Panpanan I Elementary School
  • Panpanan II Primary School
  • Ramon Magsaysay Elementary School
  • Rizal Elementary School
  • San Rafael Elementary School
  • San Remigio Elementary School
  • Sinondolan Elementary School
  • Sumaray Elementary School
  • Trinidad Elementary School
  • Tubudan Elementary School
  • Walker-Libodon Elementary School
  • Walker-Proper Elementary School

Secondary schools