San Enrique, officially the Municipality of San Enrique (, ), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

Geography

San Enrique is from the provincial capital, Iloilo City.

Barangays

San Enrique is politically subdivdied into 28 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

  • Abaca
  • Asisig
  • Bantayan
  • Braulan
  • Cabugao Nuevo
  • Cabugao Viejo
  • Camiri
  • Compo
  • Catan-Agan
  • Cubay
  • Dacal
  • Dumiles
  • Garita
  • Gines Nuevo
  • Imbang Pequeño
  • Imbesad-an
  • Iprog
  • Lip-ac
  • Madarag
  • Mapili
  • Paga
  • Palje
  • Poblacion Ilawod
  • Poblacion Ilaya
  • Quinolpan
  • Rumagayray
  • San Antonio
  • Tambunac

History

The Early San Enriquenhons

The earliest inhabitants of San Enrique may be traced back to the tribes of the great Datus who had moved up the river Jalaud and settled on a promontory they called “Bontoc” near the eastern banks where they tilled land and practiced farming and animal husbandry for a self-sustaining economy. Following their customs and united by the bonds of kinship they built a community.

Out of that flourishing settlement later rose great men like Manuel Paez, Modesto Palabrica and Apolinario Palabrica, who had earlier become Capitanes of the mother town of Passi. The names of Santiago Pama, Augusto Palencia, Gregorio Aguilar, Bartolo Garrido, Cipriano Gonzales, Vicente Quinzon, and others surnamed Palabrica and Paez, had been elected to the position of Capitanes or Tenientes. Other men Simon Padios and Florencio Villalobos emerged as leaders and followed the footstep of their forebears in the long journey to progress.

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Demographics

thumb|San Enrique Municipal Hall

In the 2024 census, the population of San Enrique was 37,381 people, with a density of .

In the 1995 National Census, it had a registered total household population of 25,572, an increase of 875 over the 1990 total population of 24,697.

Aside from the prevailing inhabitants of this municipality, the transient ethnic groups that frequent this place belongs to the cultural minority, the Aetas or Negriteos. They are seasonally around during the planting and harvesting of sugarcane.

References

  • [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
  • Philippine Census Information
  • Local Governance Performance Management System
  • 2022 National and Local Elections Halalan Result