The City of Roxas is the provincial capital of Capiz Province, a part pf Panay Island where Miguel Lopez de Legaspi settled when he arrived from Cebu. In 1746, Capiz was made the seat of the politico- military government although it was still ecclesiastically controlled by the Bishopric of Cebu. On May 31, 1841, a Royal Decree turned the Province into an alcadia. Roxas City was once known as the Municipality of Capiz and it became a chartered city on May 12, 1951 by virtue of Republic Act No. 603 otherwise known as the City Charter. The late Hon. Lorenzo Arnaldo was its first City Mayor. This City was named "Roxas City" in honor of its most illustrious son, the first president of the Republic of the Philippines, President Manuel Acuna Roxas.
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