Antique Geography
The province of Antique is one of the six provinces comprising Western Visayas or Region VI and one of the four provinces in the island of Panay.
The Province of Antique is an elongated stretch of land occupying the whole length of the western side of the island. It is bounded by the rugged mountains of Panay, composed of the provinces of Aklan in the northeast, Capiz on the east, Iloilo in the southeast and a body of water called the Cuyo East Pass and part of China Sea, on the west. Its geographic location is defined at grid coordinates 121 degrees 5 minutes west to 122 degrees 24 minutes thirty seven seconds east longitude and 9 degrees 25 minutes south to 12 degrees 13 minutes north latitude. Resembling a seahorse in shape it is 155 kilometers long and 35 kilometers at its widest point.
Antique is a lone congressional district and has 18 municipalities, 14 of which are found along the coast, three are inland and one island municipality. It is further subdivided into 590 barangays. The municipalities are grouped into three areas according to their geographical location. The southern area municipalities are: Anini-y, Tobias Fornier, Hamtic, San Jose, Sibalom and San
Remigio, with San Jose as the center point. The central municipalities are Belison, Patnongon, Bugasong, Valderrama, Laua-an and Barbaza. Its central point is Bugasong. The northern area towns are: Tibiao, Culasi, Sebaste, Pandan, Libertad and Caluya with Culasi as the central point.
The municipality of San Jose de Buenavista serves as the provincial capital, the center of commerce and trade and the seat of the provincial government and national government agencies.
Read more about this topic: Antique (province)
Famous quotes containing the words antique and/or geography:
“A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)
“Ktaadn, near which we were to pass the next day, is said to mean “Highest Land.” So much geography is there in their names.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)