Roxas, officially the City of Roxas (Capiznon/Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa sang Roxas; Filipino: Lungsod ng Roxas), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Capiz, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 179,292 people.[3]
It is originally known as the Municipality of Capiz (from which the province derives its name), the area became a chartered city on May 12, 1951, and was renamed in honor of native Manuel Acuña Roxas, the fourth president of the Philippines and the first of the independent post-American Third Philippine Republic.
Roxas City is the center of education, trade, economic activities and logistics in Northern Panay.[5] The abundance of marine life makes Roxas City the "Seafood Capital of the Philippines." It has received Cleanest and Greenest Component City in Western Visayas Award in the Gawad Pangulo sa Kapaligiran (GPK) Cleanliness and Environmental contest. The Department of Health (DOH) awarded the city with the Red Orchid Award for being "100 percent tobacco-free".[6] It has also gained the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Seal of Good Housekeeping[7] and won the Best Police Station in the region by the Philippine National Police.[8]
^City of Roxas | (DILG)
^"2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ abCensus of Population (2020). "Region VI (Western Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^"PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
^Webmaster. "Roxas City: From Seafood Capital to Logistics Hub of Panay Island". www.roxascity.gov.ph. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
^Webmaster. "Roxas City is Red Orchid 'Hall of Fame' awardee". roxascity.gov.ph. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
^Webmaster. "Seal of good financial housekeeping bestowed on Roxas City gov't three times". www.roxascity.gov.ph. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
^"Roxas City has 'best police station' in WV". thedailyguardian.net. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
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