:: Municipality of Pandan ::
Pandan is one of the municipalities comprising the
Province of Antique, Panay Island in Western Visayas. It is bounded on the north
by the municipality of Libertad; on the east and the northeast by the province
of Aklan; on the south by the municipality of Sebaste and on the West by the
Cuyo East pass, an arm of the China Sea. It was once the last town bounding the
province of Aklan. The town is 124 kilometers away from San Jose de Buenavista.
the capital town of Antique and 54 kilometers away from Kalibo the capital town
of the Province of Aklan.
The land
area of the municipality based on official boundaries is 14,628 hectares. These
account for about 6.12 percent of the total land area of the province. Of this
area, 70.52 percent or 10,316 hectares are classified as uplands (with slopes of
more than 8%) and the remaining 29.48 % or 4,312
hectares
are classified as lowlands.
A total
of thirty-four (34) barangays comprises the municipality of Pandan, fifteen of
which are along the coast, twelve are inland and seven are in the hinterlands.
The coastal barangays are Idiacacan, Botbot, Dumrog, San Andres, Sta. Fe, Baybay,
Dionela, Carmen, Nauring, Jinalinan, Zaldivar, Mag-aba, Tingib, Duyong and
Patria.The twelve inland barangays are Centro Sur, Centro Norte, Talisay,
Cabugao, Bagumbayan, Guia, Sb. Rosario, Fragante, Buang, Sta. Cruz, Candari and
Luhod-Bayang. Barangays Sta. Ana, San Joaquin, Badiangan, Aracay, Perfecta,
Napuid and Maadios are hinterlands.
The
municipality of Pandan is a mixture composed of flat and hilly terrain. The
central arid northwestern coastal are level to nearly level, the rest of the
northern part from slightly to strongly rolling. The northeastern part is
strongly sloping or strongly hilly to mountainous.
Innumerable creeks and seven major rivers criss-cross the land surface of
Pandan. Bugang River is the biggest among major rivers cutting through barangays
Candari, Sto. Rosario, Guia, Zaldivar and Mag-aba and draining on the marshlands
of Mag-aba and Zaldivar.
It has
two types of climate, the dry and wet season. The dry months start from December
and end in May. June to November are the rainiest months, with an average of 24
rainy days. The average annual rainfall is 10.27 inches with the greatest
precipitation occurring from June to September.
Pandan
is endowed with mineral deposits. On non-metallic minerals are marble with an
estimated deposit of 2.39 billion cubic meters. Guano is also abundant in many
caves of the municipality.
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Libertad
Pandan is one of the municipalities comprising the
Province of Antique, Panay Island in Western Visayas. It is bounded on the north
by the municipality of Libertad; on the east and the northeast by the province
of Aklan; on the south by the municipality of Sebaste and on the West by the
Cuyo East pass, an arm of the China Sea. It was once the last town bounding the
province of Aklan. The town is 124 kilometers away from San Jose de Buenavista.
the capital town of Antique and 54 kilometers away from Kalibo the capital town
of the Province of Aklan.