GEOGRAPHY

Capiz covers a total area of 2,594.64 square kilometres (1,001.80 sq mi) ^[8]  occupying the northeastern portion of Panay Island, and is one of the six provinces that compose the Western Visayas region. It comprises 473barangays, 16 municipalities and a city. Roxas City, the provincial capital, is only 45 minutes away by plane from Manila and is within the routes of major shipping lines. The Panay River used to be famous for the great number of crocodiles thriving there. Capiz is bounded by the Mindoro Sea, the Panay, Loctugan and Ivisan rivers