Roxas, Palawan

Roxas is a municipality located on the eastern coast of the provincial island of Palawan, Philippines. As of 2000, it had a population of 47,242 people.

Roxas was created in 1951 from the barrios of Tinitian, Caramay, Rizal, Del Pilar, Malcampo, Tumarbong, Taradungan, Ilian, and Capayas of Puerto Princesa.[1]

Barangays

Roxas is politically subdivided into 31 barangays. Bagong Bayan was formerly a sitio of Ilian (Iraan?).[2]

  • Abaroan
  • Antonino
  • Bagong Bayan
  • Caramay
  • Dumarao
  • Iraan
  • Jolo
  • Magara (Arasan)
  • Malcampo
  • Mendoza
  • Narra (Minara)
  • New Barbacan (Retac)
  • New Cuyo
  • Barangay 1 (Pob.)
  • Rizal
  • Salvacion
  • San Isidro
  • San Jose
  • San Miguel
  • San Nicolas
  • Sandoval
  • Tagumpay
  • Taradungan
  • Tinitian
  • Tumarbong
  • Barangay II (Pob.)
  • Barangay III (Pob.)
  • Barangay IV (Pob.)
  • Barangay V Pob. (Porao Islan
  • Barangay VI Pob. (Johnson Is
  • Nicanor Zabala

References

  1. ^ "An act creating the municipality of Roxas, province of Palawan". LawPH.com. http://lawph.com/statutes/ra615.html. Retrieved 2011-04-09. 
  2. ^ "An Act Converting the Sitio of Bagongbayan in the Barrio of Ilian, Municipality of Roxas, Province of Palawan, into a Barrio". LawPH.com. http://lawph.com/statutes/ra1528.html. Retrieved 2011-04-12. 

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Municipalities
Highly urbanized city
(Administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Palawan by the National Statistics Office)