San Remigio, Antique

San Remigio, officially the Municipality of San Remigio (Banwa kang San Remigio; Banwa sang San Remigio; 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. 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. 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 °N, °W. It is 21 km 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 km2 constituting NaN% of the 2,729.17 km2 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 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.

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

Demographics
In the 2020 census, San Remigio had a population of 34,045. The population density was undefined PD/km2.

Economy
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.

San Remigio has a road network of 187.452 km. Based on administrative classification, 42.696 km are municipal roads and 136.124 km are barangay roads. There are eleven bridges in the municipality with a total length of 321.391 km.

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 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.