Valderrama, Antique
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Valderrama is a 4th class municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 17,874 people in 3,378 households.
[edit] Barangays
Mayor:Hon. Mary Joyce Roquero(May 14,2007) Valderrama is politically subdivided into 22 barangays.
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[edit] HISTORY
Valderrama is arrived from the word "BALDE SA ROMA"(pale made in Rome).Balde means a pale (water container). This word was used by the seller when he was asked by the spaniards what place where they are? Stating that he was selling a pale. Many years past it was called valderrama.
Other fact was the arial view of the town, it was surrounded by the mountain with a open space in the middle. Picturing a pale like view.
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