San Remigio is a 4th class municipality in the province of Antique

Antique province

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. It is about 21 kilometers from the provincial capital, San Jose de Buenavista.

According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 26,079 people in 4,755 households.

Economy

Commerce in the municipality has improved with the completion of the Tipuluan Bridge. Commercial establishments are expected to rise in San Remigio after the realization of the San Remigio-Leon Road.

The municipality of San Remigio produced a total of 13,074.02 metric tons of palay in an area of 41.87 km² of which only 22.00% are irrigated and the rest are rain fed and upland area.

The transport

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ation needs of the munersa. San Remigio has a road network of 187.452 kilometers. Based on administrative classification, 42.696 kilometers are municipal roads and 136.124 kilometers are barangay roads. There are eleven bridges in the municipality with a total length of 321.391 kilometers. All of the bridges are bailey and found along the national road.

Barangays

San Remigio is politically subdivided into 45 barangay

Barangay

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Agricula Alegria Aningalan Atabay Bagumbayan Baladjay Banbanan Barangbang Bawang Bugo Bulan-bulan Cabiawan Cabunga-an Cadolonan Poblacion (Calag-itan)

Carawisan I Carawisan II Carmelo I Carmelo II General Fullon General Luna Orquia (Igcatumbal) Iguirindon Insubuan La Union Lapak Lumpatan Magdalena Maragubdub Nagbangi I (Amatong)

Nagbangi II Nasuli Osorio I Osorio II Panpanan I Panpanan II Ramon Magsaysay Rizal San Rafael Sinundolan Sumaray Trinidad Tubudan Vilvar Walker

Geography

San Remigio has a land area of 336.50 km², almost 70% of which are mountainous and the remaining 30% comprise the flat lowland and rolling hills.

Agriculture occupies 47.815 km² of land. Of this, 44.37 km² is for food crops, 1.035 km² is for permanent crops, and 2.41 km² for commercial crops.

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.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information