Municipal Profile
Accessibility: San Jose de Buenavista is accessible via passenger plane from the major cities in the country through Iloilo International Airport and is 96 km from Iloilo City or a two-hour ride by bus or van.
It is a 19-hour trip from Manila through the Roll On, Roll Off (RORO) buses via Port of Caticlan, Aklan and passing through the northern and central municipalities of Antique.
Land Area: S 4,450 hectares
Number of Barangays: 28 barangays
Coastline: 13.65 kilometers
Topography: San Jose de Buenavista is generally flat with about 85.56% or 3,807 hectares of its total land area has slope of between 0-3 percent.
Climatic Pattern: Type 1 of the Modified Coronas Classification. Wet period is during the months of June to November and dry period is from December to May.
Economic Profile: The Municipality of San Jose de Buenavista is a first class municipality and is the capital town of the Province of Antique.
It is the center of trade, commerce and finance of the Province and center of Provincial government/ administration.
It serves as the tourism service center of the Province. It offers an array of conveniences, supplies and support facilities to visitors such as restaurants, fastfood stores, grocery and shopping stores, gaming and gambling establishments, banks and transport terminals. It also offers venue and infrastructure for various events such as sports competitions, meetings, trainings and seminars, and weddings and tourism activities like shopping and dining.
Land Use: Despite the urban first impression it generates among visitors, San Jose de Buenavista is still an agricultural town where a significant percentage - 59% of the total land area (4,450 hectares), of the Municipality is used for agriculture. Twenty-one percent (21%) of its total land area is urban and settlement area and 20% is used for other purposes including the conservation and tourism reserve area.
Water Supply: Barangays in the south of the Municipality is being serviced by the San Jose Rural Water Works and Sanitation Association, Inc. The water utility association has four (4) sources of water of which three (3) were deep wells and one (1) is from a ground spring making potable water available in majority of the Municipality.
Power Supply: Power provider in San Jose de Buenavista is the Antique Electric Cooperative (ANTECO). All of the 28 barangays are already covered by ANTECO and the Municipality is 100% energized.
Telecommunication Facilities: All means of telecommunication facilities are available in San Jose de Buenavista. Mobile telecommunication providers are Globe, SMART and Sun Cellular. Landline and facsimile services are being serviced by Globe, PLDT and BuTel. Broadband internet access is being provided by SMART and Globe. The cable TV service providers Buenavista Cable TV and Barbaza Coop TV also offer broadband internet service. Courier and postal services are also available.
Airport: The Evelio B. Javier Airport, located in Brgy. Funda-Dalipe, is more or less 3.5 km away from the town proper. It is classified as a secondary or minor commercial domestic airport by the Air Transportation office (ATO).It has 1,200 meters long, 30 meters wide and 10 inches think runway. The length of its runway and the limited equipment of the airport limits the size the planes that could use it. The biggest aircraft that can be accommodated by the airport according to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines is a DASH-7 or a 72-seater plane.
Seaport: The San Jose de Buenavista Port is located in Brgy. 4 and is about half a kilometer away from the Poblacion. It occupies an area of approximately 690.39 square meters.
The port has reinforced concrete general purpose wharf with berth length of 112.50 meters and an apron width of 9 meters. It can accommodate vessels with draft of about 5 meters. There is a Passenger Terminal Building with an area of 201.60 square meters. Amenities inside the terminal building include two (2) comfort rooms, nine (9) ceiling fans, two (2) 4-tonner air conditioning unit, Public Address System and public telephone. It is being managed by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA).
History
San Jose de Buenavista has grown from settlements founded as a visita. A visita is a settlement where the church was the center of the activities of the community.
San Jose de Buenavista used to be a part of the town Antique (founded by the Spaniards in 1745) and was a visita of this town. The visita was a settlement in a place called Tubigon near the Malandog River where a church was erected. The church was a big stone edifice, which gave the name "Maybato" to its vicinity. Moro pirates frequently plundered the shore of Hamtic and went as far as Maybato. These Moro pirates burned the church and took away the huge bell in the belfry.
Sometime in 1787-1790, Governor General Felix Berenguer de Marquina granted the estate of the whole Malaiba – a sitio of the town Antique, to Agustin Sumandi. Sitio Malaiba was promoted to the rank of town in 1792 and Agustin Sumandi was appointed as its first gobernadorsillo. The name of Sitio Malaiba was changed to San Jose adopting the name of its patron saint.
Government officials and church dignitaries arrived by boat to attend the ceremonies and were so much impressed by the marvelous view of the town from the ea that they added to San Jose the words “de Buenavista.”
In 1802, upon petition of the people, San Jose de Buenavista became the capital of the Province of Antique. It had three pueblos – Guintas, Antique (Hamtic) and San Pedro.
San Jose de Buenavista and Hamtic were separated in 1954 by virtue of the Executive Order No. 03 of President Ramon Magsaysay.
According to dance literatures, two boys named Esco and Piton danced during the inauguration of the founding of San Jose de Buenavista and the dance was later known as Escopiton Malandog.
Population Statistics
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| Population of San Jose de Buenavista, Antique (1990-201) |
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| Population according to Age Bracket (2007 NSO Census of Population) |
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| Comparative Population according to Sex (2000 vs. 2007) |
Tourism Statistics
Tourism Demand
Indicators/ Years
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2010
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2011
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2012
(January –May)
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No. of Guests (estimate)
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17,133
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23,778
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14,611
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No. of Guest-nights
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22,147
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27,666
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15,381
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Ave. Occupancy Rate
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17.61%
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17.86%
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21.54%
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Ave. Length of Stay
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1.29 day
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1.16 day
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1.05 day
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Seasonality
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| Monthly Tourist Arrival in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique |
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| Monthly Average Occupancy Rate in San Jose de Buenavista |
Tourism Supply
Indicator/
Year
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2010
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2011
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2012
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No. Accommodation
Establishments
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27
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30
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27
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No.
of Rooms
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204
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269
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249
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Employment
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78
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92
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82
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Buenavista cable TV and internet
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