Santa Fe, Romblon
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Santa Fe is a municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It was created by virtue of Republic Act No. 38, passed October 1, 1946.
According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 14,140 people in 2,636 households. The people is this municipality are composed of religious people. Numerous christian denominations are present such as Roman Catholic Church, Philippine Independent Church, Foursquare Gospel Church in the Philippines, Assemblies of God, Baptist Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventist Church, and the Potter's Fellowship.
Annually, "Fiesta sa Dagat" also known as Municipal Fisherfolks's Day, a religious-civic feista is held during the month of April. It is in honor of its Patron Saint Vecente Ferrer.
The natives are mostly composed of Ati, headed by Teodulo Macalisang of Guinbirayan, and are occasionally visited by their counterparts at Panay.
Santa Fe is also the home of Pinoy Big Brother
Pinoy Big Brother
Pinoy Big Brother is the Philippine version of the reality television show Big Brother . It follows the same premise as its many foreign counterparts around the world: twelve Philippine residents are forced to live with each other inside a house for about 3 months or at least 100 days...
Season 1 Big Winner Nene Tamayo
Nene Tamayo
Nene Tamayo was one of the 13 housemates of ABS-CBN's Pinoy Big Brother, Season 1...
.
Barangays
Santa Fe is politically subdivided into 11 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
s.
- Agmanic
- Canyayo
- Danao Norte
- Danao Sur
- Guinbirayan
- Guintigbasan
- Magsaysay
- Mat-i
- Pandan
- Poblacion
- Tabugon