San Jose de Buenavista

For the other places named "San Jose" in the Philippines, see San Jose (disambiguation).

San Jose de Buenavista, officially the Municipality of San Jose de Buenavista (Kinaray-a: Banwa kang San Jose de Buenavista; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang San Jose de Buenavista; Filipino: Bayan ng San Jose de Buenavista), is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,140 people, making it the most populous municipality in the province of Antique.^[3] It is often called simply San Jose.

San Jose de Buenavista San Jose (by locals)
Municipality
Municipality of San Jose de Buenavista
Poblacion
Flag Seal
Map of Antique with San Jose de Buenavista highlighted
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San Jose de Buenavista Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°44′36″N 121°56′28″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Western Visayas
Province	Antique
District	Lone district
Founded	1733
Barangays	28 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Delfin Justin R. Encarnacion
• Vice Mayor	Joanne Amor D. Dolor
• Representative	Antonio Agapito B. Legarda Jr.
• Municipal Council	Members Joanne Amor D. Dolor Cris John P. Banusing II Jo Reuel C. Galindo Paolo Martin S. Lotilla Danilo L. Nebit Nestor A. Israel Lorenzo H. Hiponia Jr. Claro C. Baldevia
• Electorate	37,962 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	48.56 km2 (18.75 sq mi)
Elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Highest elevation	587 m (1,926 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	65,140
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
• Households	14,750
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	8.19 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 260.5 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 575.2 million (2020), 245.9 million (2012)
• Expenditure	₱ 230.7 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 160.5 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Antique Electric Cooperative (ANTECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	5700
PSGC	060613000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)36
Native languages	Karay-a Hiligaynon Ati Tagalog

Aerial view of San Jose de Buenavista, 1937

Cathedral of San Jose de Antique

The municipality hosted the 2017 Palarong Pambansa.^[5]

History

The Spaniards arrived in Antique in 1581. With them came Augustinian friars who Christianized the inhabitants. Its original name was Tubigon, being still a part of the municipality of Hamtic.

In 1733, it was renamed San José and in 1790 it acquired its municipality through land grants issued by Philippine Governor General Félix Berenguer de Marquina. Later, it became a parish with its first parish priest, Father Manuel Ibáñez.

Some two hundred years ago, the site now occupied by San José de Buenavista was a dense jungle and a favorite landing place for pirates to raid the area.

In 1802, by popular demand, San José de Buenavista became the capital of the province of Antique and Agustín Sumandi was appointed as its first Gobernadorcillo, a sort of local governor during the Spanish Colonial Era.

On November 24, 1898, San Jose de Buenavista was captured by Philippine Revolutionary Expeditionary Forces led by Gen. Leandro Fullon from Cavite during the Battle of Antique after a 2-day struggle. The rest of the Antique province under Spanish authority surrendered to the revolutionary forces.

In 1954, by the virtue of Executive Order No. 3 of the President of the Philippines, the southern portion of San Jose de Buenavista was formed into an independent municipality under the name of Hamtic. The boundary was described to be "From a point on the south bank of the mouth of Malandog River running northeasterly in a straight imaginary line to a point on the northeast side of the San Jose-Hamtic provincial road ten meters west of the intersection of this northeast side of said road with the northwest side of the Sibalom-Piapi-Malandog provincial road; thence following approximately the same direction in an imaginary line that is parallel to, and ten meters distant from the said Sibalom-Piapi-Malandog provincial road until it touches the present boundary between San Jose and Sibalom."^[6]

The Evelio B. Javier Airport, the only airport serving commercial flights in the province of Antique, is located in San Jose.

Geography

San Jose de Buenavista is 97 kilometres (60 mi) from Iloilo City, 182 kilometres (113 mi) from Kalibo, and 213 kilometres (132 mi) from Roxas City.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 48.56 square kilometres (18.75 sq mi) ^[7] constituting 1.78% of the 2,729.17-square-kilometre- (1,053.74 sq mi) total area of Antique.

Climate

Climate data for San Jose de Buenavista, Antique
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30 (86)	31 (88)	32 (90)	33 (91)	32 (90)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (87)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	21 (70)	21 (70)	22 (72)	23 (73)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	22 (72)	23 (74)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	19 (0.7)	17 (0.7)	26 (1.0)	37 (1.5)	119 (4.7)	191 (7.5)	258 (10.2)	260 (10.2)	248 (9.8)	196 (7.7)	97 (3.8)	39 (1.5)	1,507 (59.3)
Average rainy days	7.2	5.2	8.3	11.9	22.3	26.5	28.3	28.2	27.3	26.4	18.7	11.8	222.1
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)[8]

Barangays

San Jose de Buenavista is politically subdivided into 28 barangays.^[9] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020[3]		2010[10]
060613001	Atabay	3.5%	2,266	2,164	▴	0.46%
060613002	Badiang	4.6%	2,995	2,638	▴	1.28%
060613003	Barangay 1 (Poblacion)	4.3%	2,808	2,762	▴	0.17%
060613004	Barangay 2 (Poblacion)	2.8%	1,804	1,867	▾	−0.34%
060613005	Barangay 3 (Poblacion)	5.2%	3,384	3,289	▴	0.29%
060613006	Barangay 4 (Poblacion)	4.5%	2,943	2,847	▴	0.33%
060613007	Barangay 5 (Poblacion)	1.5%	969	1,048	▾	−0.78%
060613008	Barangay 6 (Poblacion)	0.8%	489	482	▴	0.14%
060613009	Barangay 7 (Poblacion)	0.6%	395	398	▾	−0.08%
060613010	Barangay 8 (Poblacion)	7.2%	4,689	4,671	▴	0.04%
060613011	Bariri	1.9%	1,209	1,130	▴	0.68%
060613014	Bugarot (Catungan-Bugarot)	1.5%	946	952	▾	−0.06%
060613015	Cansadan (Cansadan-Tubudan)	3.0%	1,978	1,380	▴	3.66%
060613016	Durog	0.8%	496	280	▴	5.88%
060613017	Funda-Dalipe	9.0%	5,879	5,498	▴	0.67%
060613018	Igbonglo	2.2%	1,401	1,302	▴	0.74%
060613019	Inabasan	2.1%	1,382	1,357	▴	0.18%
060613020	Madrangca	4.0%	2,630	2,252	▴	1.56%
060613021	Magcalon	1.7%	1,132	1,074	▴	0.53%
060613022	Malaiba	2.6%	1,712	1,624	▴	0.53%
060613023	Maybato Norte	6.5%	4,219	3,716	▴	1.28%
060613024	Maybato Sur	3.4%	2,185	1,655	▴	2.82%
060613025	Mojon	2.3%	1,517	1,438	▴	0.54%
060613026	Pantao	1.2%	756	752	▴	0.05%
060613027	San Angel	3.8%	2,468	2,310	▴	0.66%
060613028	San Fernando	4.2%	2,708	2,283	▴	1.72%
060613029	San Pedro	8.8%	5,735	5,300	▴	0.79%
060613030	Supa	2.2%	1,439	1,378	▴	0.43%
	Total		65,140	57,847	▴	1.19%

Demographics

Population census of San Jose de Buenavista

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	19,819	—
1918	21,221	+0.46%
1939	29,140	+1.52%
1948	34,639	+1.94%
1960	17,124	−5.70%
1970	23,384	+3.16%
1975	24,730	+1.13%
1980	30,266	+4.12%
1990	40,267	+2.90%
1995	42,927	+1.21%
2000	48,261	+2.54%
2007	54,871	+1.79%
2010	57,847	+1.94%
2015	62,534	+1.49%
2020	65,140	+0.81%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][10][12][13]

In the 2020 census, San Jose de Buenavista had a population of 65,140.^[3] The population density was 1,300 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,400/sq mi).

Language

Kinaray-a is the spoken language of the municipality. Kinaray-a came from the word "iraya", which refers to a group of people residing in the mountain areas of the province. Hiligaynon is spoken as a second language of the municipality.

Religion

San Jose is the Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose de Antique.

Economy

Poverty incidence of San Jose de Buenavista

5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 12.60 2009 23.82 2012 8.30 2015 12.67 2018 10.36 2021 8.19 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Government

Year	Mayor	Notes
Before the creation of San Jose de Buenavista into what it is today, it had three neighboring pueblos, Guintas, Antike and San Pedro. These pueblos, each under the Presidente Municipal, served for one year as follows:
1901–1902	Ceriaco Erena	San Jose de Buenavista
1901–1902	Ramon Javier	Antike
1901–1902	Nemesio Tinga	Guintas
1901–1902	Emigdio Moscoso	San Pedro
1902–1903	Anselmo Alicante	San Jose de Buenavista
1902–1903	Feliciano Mijillano	Antike
1902–1903	Apolonio Magbanua	Guintas
1902–1903	Agapito Capistrano	San Pedro
When the pueblos were organized into one pueblo, San Jose de Buenavista, the following served as Presidente Municipal:
1904–1905	Martin Iglesias
1905–1908	Mariano Autajay
1908–1910	Jacinto Peña
1910–1912	Sixto Quilino
1918–1922	Vicente Javier
1919–1922	Antonio Ricarze	He died in office, January 1922 and Jose Iglesias served the unexpired term for the whole year.
1922–1928	Gregorio Esclavilla
1928–1934	Alberto Villavert
1934–1937	Antonio delos Reyes
1938–1951	Silverio Nietes
1952–1954	Julian Pacificador
In 1954, the title, Presidente Municipal, was changed to Municipal Mayor. When Hamtic was separated from San Jose de Buenavista in 1954, Municipal Mayor Julian Pacificador was transferred to Hamtic and Vice Mayor Delfin Encarnacion took over as Municipal Mayor of San Jose.[22]
1954-1956	Delfin Encarnacion
1956–1963	Severa Panaguiton-Banusing	Still the first and only female mayor of San Jose de Buenavista
1964–1967	Agerico Villavert
1968–May 7, 1986	Oscar Salazar
May 8, 1986, to December 1987	Efren G. Esclavilla
1987	Condrado V. Petinglay, Jr.	Officer-in-Charge
1988-1998	Efren G. Esclavilla
1998-2007	Fernando Corvera
2007-2016	Rony Lavega Molina
2016–Present	Elmer C Untaran

Tourism

Since 1971, San Jose de Buenavista celebrates the Binirayan Festival during the final week of December. This festival involves a theatrical presentation commemorating founding of the first Malayan settlement or barangay in the country. San Jose celebrates its religious fiesta on May 1 to honor its patron saint, Saint Joseph the Worker.

Evelio Javier Freedom Park is located in front of the Antique Provincial Capitol building in San Jose de Buenavista. It is named for the late Governor Evelio Javier, who was shot by an unknown assassin on February 11, 1986. A marker in the park denotes the exact place of his death.

Old and new buildings dot the town: the Old Capitol Building; Evelio B. Javier Memorabilia (New Capitol); Azurin Mansion; La Granja and Binirayan Hills; and the San Pedro Old Church.

Notable personalities

• Jerry Navarro Elizalde - Philippine National Artist for Visual Arts - Painting
• John Iremil Teodoro - Filipino writer, university professor and freelance journalist. He is also a multi-awarded poet and playwright, one of the country's leading pioneers in gay literature and the most published author in Kinaray-a to date.
• Alex C. Delos Santos - a Karay-a writer and theater artist based in San Jose, Antique, the Philippines. His research and writing interests are in culture and arts and gay literature.
• Richard Yee - Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Barako Bull Energy Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association.
• Alberto A. Villavert - Filipino Politician who led the Philippine Province of Antique between 1937 and 1946 both as an appointed and elected Governor.
• Sunshine Teodoro^[23] - Filipina Actress known for her work on Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story (2011), Feng Shui 2 (2014), Social Virus (2014) and Oro (2016)
• Marian Capadocia - Tennis player
• Jose Romeo Lazo - Archbishop of Jaro

References

1.  Municipality of San Jose de Buenavista | (DILG)
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20. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
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23. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4441931/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm ^{[user-generated source]}

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• "San José de Buena Vista" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
• Fishing Practices of the Community Folks and Sea Productivity in San Jose, Antique, Philippines