Roxas, officially the Municipality of Roxas (), is a

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in the

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Palawan Palawan (, ), officially the Province of Palawan (; ), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of . The capital and largest c ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 69,624 people.

History

Roxas was created under Republic Act No. 615 in 1951 from the barrios of Tinitian, Caramay, Rizal, Del Pilar, Malcampo, Tumarbong, Taradungan, Ilian, and Capayas of

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Geography

Roxas is located on the eastern coast of Palawan facing the Sulu Sea. It is from

Barangays

Roxas is politically subdivided into 31

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s. Each barangay consists of

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s and some have

sitios A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...

. Bagong Bayan was formerly a sitio of Ilian which is now part of the municipality of

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). * Abaroan * Antonino * Bagong Bayan * Barangay 1 (

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) * Barangay II (

) * Barangay III (

) * Barangay IV (

) * Barangay V (

) (Porao Island) * Barangay VI (

) (Johnson Island) * Caramay * Dumarao * Iraan * Jolo * Magara (Arasan) * Malcampo * Mendoza * Narra (Minara) * New Barbacan (Retac) * New Cuyo * Nicanor Zabala * Rizal * Salvacion * San Isidro * San Jose * San Miguel * San Nicolas * Sandoval * Tagumpay * Taradungan * Tinitian * Tumarbong

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Roxas, Palawan, was 69,624 people, with a density of .

Economy

References

External links

*
Roxas Profile at PhilAtlas.com
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
{{Authority control Municipalities of Palawan 1951 establishments in the Philippines