San Remigio, Antique


', officially the ', is a of the Philippines| in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.

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 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.

Climate

Barangays

San Remigio is politically subdivided into 45 barangays.

Demographics

In the, had a population of. 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.

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.

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. 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".