Roxas, Isabela

Roxas
Municipality of Roxas
Municipal Hall and planetary
Municipal Hall and planetary
Flag of Roxas
Official seal of Roxas
Nickname: 
Commercial Center of the Mallig Plains Region
Motto: 
Roxas
Map of Isabela with Roxas highlighted
Map of Isabela with Roxas highlighted
Roxas is located in Philippines
Roxas
Roxas
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 17°07′N 121°37′E / 17.12°N 121.62°E / 17.12; 121.62
CountryPhilippines
RegionCagayan Valley
ProvinceIsabela
District 5th district
FoundedJuly 1, 1948
Named forManuel Roxas
Barangays26 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorJonathan Jose C. Calderon
 • Vice MayorNick M. Sebastian
 • RepresentativeFaustino Michael Carlos T. Dy III
 • Electorate40,790 voters (2022)
Area
 • Total184.80 km2 (71.35 sq mi)
Elevation
61 m (200 ft)
Highest elevation
97 m (318 ft)
Lowest elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total65,839
 • Density360/km2 (920/sq mi)
 • Households
16,094
Economy
 • Income class1st municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence
13.24
% (2021)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 284.5 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 498.3 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 265.9 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 185.4 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityIsabela 2 Electric Cooperative (ISELCO 2)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
3320
PSGC
IDD:area code+63 (0)78
Native languagesIbanag
Ilocano
Tagalog
Websiteroxasisabela.gov.ph

Roxas, officially the Municipality of Roxas (Ilocano: Ili ti Roxas; Tagalog: Bayan ng Roxas), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,839 people.[3]

The municipality is the center of business and commerce in the Mallig Plains Region. In 1839, two new provinces were created by the Spanish conquistadors dividing the La Provincia del Valle de Cagayan into two. One retained the name Cagayan, while a new province of Nueva Vizcaya was created. Bindang was dissolved as Barrio Vira under the municipality of Gamu, Isabela.[5]

  1. ^ Municipality of Roxas | (DILG)
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region II (Cagayan Valley)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  5. ^ "Isabela Travel Information". flyphillipines.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2023.