Santa Fe, Philippines
Santa Fe is a town of 2,358 people in Mimaropa, Philippines, founded in 1946.
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About Santa Fe
Santa Fe, officially the Municipality of Santa Fe, is a municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 17,578 people.
From the Wikipedia article Santa Fe, Romblon (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Legend says that the barrio was named after a beautiful, lovely daughter of one of its early settlers of the place. She was so loved and revered by the locals that they named her Santa Fe, and in her death, they named the place after her. However, in Relacion de las Yslas Filipinas by Spanish conquistador Miguel de Loarca, it states that the barrio was named after Santa Fe in the province of Granada in Spain. Its first settlers were Onhan-speaking Negritos from Panay Island who emigrated to Tablas as early as 1730.
During the Spanish colonial period, Santa Fe was a barrio of neighboring Looc town until 1855 when it was established as a separate pueblo or town. It was abolished and reverted into a barrio again in 1868. In 1892, the Spaniards restored Santa Fe's municipal status, which would remain until the American colonial period.
Santa Fe was one 11 municipalities created in Romblon when civilian government was established in the province. However, on 10 March 1917, it was abolished and reverted once more into a barrio of Looc. On 8 January 1940, by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 581, authored by Romblon congressman Leonardo Festin, the municipality of Looc was abolished and incorporated into a new special municipality called Tablas. Hence, Santa Fe became a barrio of this special municipality.
From the History section of Santa Fe, Romblon on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Tablas Airport (TBH) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 20 km away.
- Punta 10 km north, about 10 min by car
- Agcogon 11 km south, about 11 min by car
- Looc 12 km north, about 12 min by car
- Ibajay 42 km southeast, about 42 min by car
- Romblon 55 km northeast, about 55 min by car
- Makato 59 km southeast, about 59 min by car
- Kalibo 64 km southeast, about 1 h by car
- Bañga 68 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- New Washington 74 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Culasi 81 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
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