The inland towns are San Remigio, Sibalom, and Valderrama. The coastal towns are Anini-y, Barbaza, Belison, Bugasong, Culasi, Hamtic, Laua-an, Libertad, Pandan, Patnongon, San Jose de Buenavista, Sebaste, Tibiao, and Tobias Fornier (formerly Dao). The province has 18 municipalities, or towns: 14 on the coast, 3 inland, and 1 municipality composed of a group of 6 islands. Antique has an area of 252,200 hectares (ha). “Antique” is the Hispanized spelling of Hamtic or Hantic, which means ‘a large, red ant or wasp’. Its three neighboring provinces are Aklan to its northeast, Capiz to the east, and Iloilo to the southeast.
It is bounded on the east by the Madiaas mountain ranges cutting vertically from north to south. The Karay-a population is concentrated in the province of Antique, which stretches vertically along the entire western coast of Panay island, bounded by the Cuyo East Pass, which is a part of the West Philippine Sea. Chroniclers of the Spanish colonial period refer to them as the “Araya.” Karay-a, Kinaray-a, or Hiniray-a is derived from iraya meaning “upstream,” ka, meaning “companion,” with infixation in, meaning “to have undergone something.” Karay-a refers to the ethnolinguistic group predominantly located on Panay island in Western Visayas. “Karay-a.” In Our Islands, Our People: The Histories and Cultures of the Filipino Nation, edited by Rosario Cruz-Lucero.ĮTYMOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, LANGUAGE, AND POPULATION Suggested citation: Cruz-Lucero, Rosario, Arbeen Acuña, John E. Rosario Cruz-Lucero, Arbeen Acuña, John E.
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